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Streamlining supply chain management: Strategies for the future

IBM Services

In today’s complex global business environment, effective supply chain management (SCM) is crucial for maintaining a competitive advantage. Here’s how companies are using different strategies to address supply chain management and meet their business goals.

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Two Types of China Sourcing Agent You Need To Know

Sourcing Captain

When it comes to sourcing products from China, it’s important to understand the two types of China sourcing agents available in the market. Individual China Sourcing Agent VS China Sourcing Companies The first type of China sourcing agent is the individual sourcing agent.

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What you need to know about Strategic Sourcing

Sourcing Captain

In today’s hugely competitive global markets, everyone strives to reduce their sourcing costs while still maintaining the quality. Effective sourcing of goods from suppliers is more important today than it was ever before. For this reason, strategic sourcing has become central to every organization’s procurement policy.

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4 smart technologies modernizing sourcing strategy

IBM Services

Sourcing is getting smarter. To start, many organizations have already pivoted from a tactical to a strategic sourcing mindset—which can make all the difference when it comes to gaining and retaining a competitive advantage. But now, the benefits of strategic sourcing are becoming even more attainable thanks to innovation.

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What are the different types of sourcing?

IBM Services

Sourcing isn’t just a concern for procurement teams. With rising consumer and stakeholder expectations around ethical and responsible supply chains, who supplies your organization’s goods and services is also a C-suite consideration. Near-sourcing can also reduce risk.

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The Digitization of Supply Chain Management

Perficient Digital Transformation

works across industry supply chains – manufacturing and logistics to retail and consumer products – to reduce risk, improve efficiency, accelerate procurement and payments, and solve persistent business issues. Industry 4.0 Industry 4.0 Industry 4.0

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Adopting Consigned Inventory Model of Oracle Supply Chain Management

Perficient Digital Transformation

Today companies adopt newer models of efficiency by controlling capital spend, and inventory carrying cost by managing their processes outside the four walls of warehouses and factories.