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FDA FSMA: Providing value beyond compliance

IBM Services

The supply chain plays a pivotal role in delivering goods and services to both businesses and consumers, serving as the connective thread between industries, nations, communities and all components of the value chain. Our dependence on supply chains is most pronounced in ensuring food supply.

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4 strategic sourcing use cases to strengthen your supply chain

IBM Services

In this age of supply chain disruptions that hold the power to upend entire industries, strength and resilience across the entire value chain is no longer a nice-to-have—it’s a survival tactic. Where tactical sourcing is a short-term strategy, strategic sourcing is for long-term business goals.

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Generative AI in Retail and CPG: Revolutionizing Operations and Customer Experience | Blog

Everest Group

Generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) can transform multiple facets of retail and consumer packaged goods (CPG) industries, from product development and digital commerce to sales and marketing, supply chain, and in-store operations. Explore GAI’s exciting future in this blog. Contact us to speak to an analyst on this topic.

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Improving supply chain resiliency in the industrial sector

IBM Business Partners

The industrial sector is facing a perfect storm when it comes to their supply chains: an outdated reliance on manual processes, raw materials demand that will likely outpace supply, as well as potential resource constraints. Delays in repairs can often mean supply chain disruptions.

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Business process reengineering (BPR) examples

IBM Services

This blog outlines some BPR examples that benefit from a BPM methodology. BPR examples: Use cases Streamlining supply chain management Using BPR for supply chain optimization involves a meticulous reassessment and redesign of every step, including logistics, inventory management and procurement.

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How to build a successful procurement strategy

IBM Services

A procurement strategy allows an organization to navigate an increasingly complex global supply chain, adapt swiftly to market fluctuations, and achieve cost optimization, operational efficiency and growth. A procurement strategy is not merely a series of steps for acquiring goods and services.

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Supply chain visibility in the energy and utilities industry

IBM Business Partners

Equipment-heavy and reliant on an aging infrastructure, E&U clients suffer from costly supply chain disruptions as wear, tear and time take their toll. Many water utilities are struggling to obtain computer chips for their water trucks, as well as other vital daily supplies. Visibility. economy $150 billion annually.