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The New Age CPO: Jim Wetekamp of Riskonnect

Future of Sourcing

Put controls in place – inventory stockpiles, dual source strategies, redistribution of your supplier base – to ensure supply-chain continuity and reduce the likelihood of business interruptions. Map suppliers and products to cash flow so you have a clear sense of which supply partners are most strategic to your organization.

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Addressing the network data monetization complexities

IBM Services

These were the data layer, the analytics layer and the automation layer. The analytics layer comes on top of the data layer. It is initially an empty but pluggable layer, with management capabilities, that can host analytics functions as data consumers and providers of actionable insights.