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Procurement and Purchasing are not the same: Here is how

Sourcing Captain

In the context of acquiring goods for business operations, the terms procurement and purchasing are often used interchangeably. This step involves delivery of products as per pre-defined terms and conditions. Then, the contracting phase begins where the organization negotiates pricing and quality and terms and conditions.

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Networks unchained: the shift toward intent-based autonomous operations

IBM Services

Taking it a step further, autonomous networks (AN) promise to utilize intents as inputs to autonomously self-configure, self-optimize and self-heal networks as their conditions evolve. As a result, networks have become increasingly hard to manage.

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How foundation models can help make steel and cement production more sustainable

IBM Services

This variability comes from material inconsistency (raw material comes from earth), varying weather conditions, machine conditions and the human inability to operate the processes at top efficiency 24 hours a day, every day of the week. They use high temperature heat in many of their processes that is primarily driven by fossil fuel.

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What is a Browsewrap Agreement? Definition

Obobo

The agreement sets forth the terms and conditions under which the user may access and use the website. The user typically accepts the terms of the agreement by clicking on a button or link. ### What is a browsewrap agreement? The browsewrap agreement may also be included in the site’s terms of use.

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What is food insecurity?

McKinsey and Company

The term “food insecurity” refers to the economic and social conditions that limit access to safe, nutritious food—and sufficient amounts of it. More than two billion people worldwide experience food insecurity.

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What is asset reliability?

IBM Business Partners

To be successful, businesses need to have clear, real-time visibility into the condition of their assets and a plan to keep them running smoothly and make repairs quickly when things break. Before we dive into it, let’s take a look at some relevant terms. What is an asset? What is asset reliability?

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Impact Sourcing Report 2023 – Let’s make an impact together

Intelligent Sourcing

There are countless articles on how outsourcing is responsible for Job losses, Data breaches and poor working conditions but very little about the life changing opportunities it offers to marginalised communities globally. One of the things that doesn’t get spoken about enough is the positive impact our industry provides.