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4 strategic sourcing use cases to strengthen your supply chain

IBM Services

For sourcing teams, that means pivoting their mindset around selecting suppliers from a tactical, lowest-cost-above-all approach to a strategic one. Where tactical sourcing is a short-term strategy, strategic sourcing is for long-term business goals. And from that group, 71% would pay a premium for it.

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Unlock retail visibility with B2B Mulesoft Integrations

Groove Technology

Inter-relating data in different formats across different sources With an effective supply chain visibility system in place, retailers can integrate data from different sources, such as suppliers, distributors, and sales channels, and store it in a common format. This provides a centralized platform for data integration and analysis.

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Retailers can tap into generative AI to enhance support for customers and employees

IBM Services

Generative AI excels at handling diverse data sources such as emails, images, videos, audio files and social media content. Watsonx.data is our data repository based on a lakehouse architecture and open data formats designed to manage enterprise data for foundation models.

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Unlock Working Capital With Automated Invoice Management

SirionLabs

In developed markets, there is a potential for expansion into a broader supplier network (mid-tier spend), while emerging markets are still moving beyond the inventory management maturity to tap into supply chain finance for better working capital. Table 1: Invoice approval survey (Source: Level research data for North Americas).

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Unlock Working Capital With Automated Invoice Management

SirionLabs

In developed markets, there is a potential for expansion into a broader supplier network (mid-tier spend), while emerging markets are still moving beyond the inventory management maturity to tap into supply chain finance for better working capital. Table 1: Invoice approval survey (Source: Level research data for North Americas).

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The Importance of Having a Big Data Strategy for Pharmaceutical Organizations

Infosys Consulting

The importance of a big data strategy A data strategy, or big data strategy, refers to a comprehensive plan that outlines how an organization collects, analyzes, manages, and utilizes data to achieve its goals. This results in increased operational effectiveness, cost savings, and more effective resource management.

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Procurement Costs and How Businesses Can Reduce Them

Planergy Software

Procurement is the act of buying raw materials, goods, and services for a business, as guided by formalized procedures, internal controls, and processes related to not just finance, but inventory management, supply chain management, and supplier relationship management as well. Improving inventory management.