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Building a sustainable automotive supply chain

IBM Business Partners

IBM Supply Chain Intelligence Suite​ can monitor supply to minimize production delays, reduce costs, and facilitate streamlined and tighter collaboration, teamwork, and communication. Blockchain enables manufacturers to respond to demands for greater variety with shorter lead times and avoid counterfeit parts.​

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4 strategic sourcing use cases to strengthen your supply chain

IBM Services

Another way to use strategic sourcing methods to reduce costs is through digital transformation , such as automating manual processes. The cost of human error associated with manual processes can be steep, not to mention the toll it can take on trust within customer and vendor relationships.

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CMMS vs. EAM: Two asset management tools that work great together

IBM Business Partners

A computerized maintenance management system (CMMS) is a type of maintenance management software that centralizes maintenance information and facilitates and documents maintenance operations. A CMMS automates critical asset management workflows and makes them accessible and auditable.