Supply Chain 24/7

AUGUST 6, 2019

Leading tech, telecom, pharma, beverage and manufacturing companies collaborate with IBM and Chainyard to streamline supply chain management using a new blockchain network; Anheuser-Busch InBev, Cisco GlaxoSmithKline, Lenovo, Nokia, Schneider Electric and Vodafone to tackle supplier information challenges.

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NC State SCRC

JANUARY 31, 2019

We also shared results from the recent report completed by IBM and NC State on the current state of data analytics and Artificial Intelligence. Very often, companies are investing in cloud-based computing, data warehouses, business intelligence dashboards, and multiple other forms of software and hardware investments.

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Supply Chain Shaman

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Currently, companies struggle with rolling electric outages in China. Only 7% feel that their company managed disruption well. In nine out of ten supply chain planning systems that I test, I find that companies have a negative Forecast Value Added level. Thirty-one months of supply chain disruption. The winter offers no relief.

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Freight Plus

JUNE 15, 2018

was honored with the privilege of attending IBM's B2B / MFT Innovation Day on Thursday, June 14th. Luke Raiano, IBM Senior Offering Manager B2B/MFT, used the life cycle of a common grocery purchase to highlight this point. "In Luke Raiano, IBM. Becky Bates, IBM Offering Manager, added some clarity to the situation.

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Supply Chain Network

MARCH 2, 2012

In the past two months, IBM has made three strategic moves that bolster its SmarterCommerce portfolio. Acquisitions of Emptoris and Demandtec expanded sourcing and pricing portfolios while the new version of IBM ILOG LogicNet Plus XE further enhances supply chain network capabilities. IBM ILOG LogicNet Plus XE V7.2

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Supply Chain 24/7

AUGUST 6, 2019

Leading tech, telecom, pharma, beverage and manufacturing companies collaborate with IBM and Chainyard to streamline supply chain management using a new blockchain network; Anheuser-Busch InBev, Cisco GlaxoSmithKline, Lenovo, Nokia, Schneider Electric and Vodafone to tackle supplier information challenges.

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Supply Chain Shaman

MARCH 21, 2024

The Company was attempting to gain economies of scale by grouping manufacturing technologies within a common infrastructure to reap the benefits of a co-generation facility, a centralized warehouse, and a talented administrative team. Early in the 1980s, the company invested in an IBM/360 mainframe along with three “portable computers.”

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Enterra Insights

JULY 7, 2022

And, knowing that many people draw their perceptions of AI from science fiction books and films, IBM looked for some other term to better explain its AI-related offering. As a result, IBM coined the term “cognitive computing” to describe its Watson computing system. ADS can help companies make better decisions and make them faster.

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Enterra Insights

MAY 25, 2023

When IBM coined the term “cognitive computing,” the company had information overload in mind.v, former CEO of IBM, explained, “The idea was to help you and I make better decisions amid cognitive overload. Fortunately, cognitive computing solutions can help professionals deal with both information overload and complexity.

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The Logistics of Logistics

AUGUST 16, 2023

Rik Schrader and Joe Lynch discuss logistics and distribution transportation, which is one of the specialties of Rik’s company, Körber Business Area Supply Chain. His previous leadership roles at IBM, Honeywell or Manhattan Associates have helped Körber build its global direct and indirect sales capabilities.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

Tech giants like IBM, Google, Alibaba, Microsoft Amazon, and different organizations are in the competition to adapt quantum computing as an ordinary tool for business.” However, IBM plans to deliver a 1,121-qubit computer by 2023, and others have shared similar plans.”[4] ” Greater Computing Capacity. Beyond Qubits.

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Supply Chains Rock

APRIL 21, 2010

IBM Goes Greener for Earth Day. Timed perfectly with Earth Day, IBMs procurement arm has come out with a bold effort requiring its 30,000 suppliers in 60 countries to advance their sustainability efforts. While no deadline has been put in place, John Paterson, IBMs CPO hopes to have compliance by 2011. Wednesday, April 21, 2010.

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PINC

DECEMBER 21, 2017

These days, whether you are a small company, a large firm, or a global enterprise, having an international outlook is crucial. The reason more companies don’t do this often just comes down to practicalities. That’s where IBM Watson came in. Learn more about IBM Watson Services on IBM Cloud.

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Supply Chain Network

APRIL 13, 2011

IBM today (NYSE: IBM), announced that Danone, a leading global dairy producer, is working with IBM to provide a secure trading network for that helps expedite and automate business transactions with its customers, business partners and suppliers. IBM Media Relations. IBM Media Relations. IBM Media Relations. +31

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Enterra Insights

APRIL 27, 2018

Like most people working STEM fields, IBM researchers believe technology has the potential to change the world around us in profound ways. Annually, members of the IBM Research team showcase what they perceive as the technologies with the greatest breakthrough potential over the coming five years. Crypto-anchors and Blockchain.

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Talking Logistics

DECEMBER 8, 2014

But in reality, the speed of the chain is not really related to the systems used by the various companies—it’s all about people, and people talking to people. Social Media Supply Chain Technology Trends collaboration communication Facebook Facebook at Work IBM IBM Verse social networking supply chain operating network'

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Enterra Insights

JULY 6, 2023

Yossi Sheffi , Director of the MIT Center for Transportation & Logistics, insists, “The well-worn adage that a company’s most valuable asset is its people needs an update. Today, it’s not people but data that tops the asset value list for companies.”[1] Companies have been automating processes for a long time.

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SCMDOJO

MARCH 28, 2023

It has become increasingly important for companies to embrace this emerging technology as they seek to adapt to rapidly changing environments and become more digitized. Even though adoption of blockchain is currently rare, it will become an essential tool for companies that want to continue their digital transformation in the future.

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Enterra Insights

OCTOBER 3, 2023

As analysts from John Galt note, “Companies across industries have recently found themselves operating with supply chains designed for a world that no longer exists. ” IBM. [5] Changes in today’s business world are occurring so fast they are creating challenges former generations of supply chain leaders never faced.

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Loginext

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Scaling a technology company globally from India. LogiNext has several accolades to its name and as a part of IBM’s Masterclass Series, Lata Singh, the Executive Director at IBM hosted Manisha Raisingani, CTO and co-founder of LogiNext for a candid conversation. Disrupting the Logistics market. A woman CTO.

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Talking Logistics

MAY 30, 2018

Here’s an excerpt from the article: Amazon has cultivated an image as a customer-friendly company in part by making it easy for shoppers to send back items they don’t want. However, Maersk’s leading competitors, German Hapag-Lloyd and France’s CMA CGM, aren’t jumping on the Maersk-IBM bandwagon.

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Supply Chain Brain

OCTOBER 13, 2021

IBM), a technology and IT consulting company, announced a suite of environmental intelligence software that leverages AI to help organizations prepare for and respond to weather and climate risks, assess their own impact on the planet and reduce the complexity of regulatory compliance and reporting.

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 31, 2014

Twitter and IBM Form Global Partnership to Transform Enterprise Decisions. 2014 is turning into the year to refresh your corporate tagline, at least for third party logistics (3PL) and software companies. When you bring different companies together, with different cultures and focus areas, your corporate identity can get blurred.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 16, 2022

With over 20 years in leadership roles at ecommerce startups and retail technology companies, Esther was recently recognized by Supply Chain Digital in association with IBM as one of the top 100 women in supply chain. Flowspace connects a nationwide network of fulfillment warehouses all using Flowspace’s state-of-the-art technology.

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Talking Logistics

MARCH 21, 2018

Here are a few examples: Maersk and IBM to Form Joint Venture Applying Blockchain to Improve Global Trade and Digitize Supply Chains. IBM partners with Nestle, Unilever and other food giants to trace food contamination with blockchain. If that’s the case, then companies will still have significant blind spots in their supply chains.

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NC State SCRC

DECEMBER 13, 2021

This year, as in the past five years, our supply chain index contributed to the overall ranking of firms in the top 250 best managed companies , as ranked by the Drucker Institute. The top companies in 2011 included the following: Microsoft. Johnson and Johnson. Cisco Systems. Procter and Gamble. PG 1.42% , Alphabet Inc.,

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Talking Logistics

OCTOBER 3, 2014

It’ll come to me eventually, but in the meantime, here’s the news that caught my attention this week: Kewill Acquires the IBM® Sterling Transportation Management System (TMS). Well, IBM Sterling TMS has come out of that black hole, with Kewill acquiring the solution this week. The MetaPack Group Acquires U.S.

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The Logistics of Logistics

MARCH 17, 2021

Prior to founding MoLo, Matt sold supply chain services in IBM’s distribution vertical. While working at IBM, Matt learned that many customers were frustrated with their logistics and transportation options, so he started MoLo with the goal of delivering the best experience in transportation. About MoLo Solutions.

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Logistics Viewpoints

AUGUST 25, 2022

Our survey found nearly 3 in 4 (74%) warehouse workers are at least somewhat likely to take a pay cut to work at another company with more technology tools to help them do their job, including more than half (52%), who are extremely or very likely. Demonstrate the company cares about its workers. Increase personal safety.

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Supply Chain Shaman

APRIL 1, 2015

Several good friends in consulting roles are sharing information on SAP HANA from SAP Insider; and this morning, LLamasoft announced the acquisition of the LogicTools assets from IBM. In parallel, this morning LLamasoft announced the acquisition of the LogicTools Supply Chain Applications Business Unit from IBM.

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Kinaxis

AUGUST 5, 2014

This scenario played out for thousands of companies after the Japan earthquake, the Thailand floods and numerous other smaller scale disasters. The problem is most companies are relatively immature when it comes to Supply Chain Risk Management. Your heart sinks as you pick up the phone to call your boss…. Think again.

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ToolsGroup

MAY 30, 2022

Since co-founding the company in 1993, Shamir has led ToolsGroup with a unique blend of deep industry and planning technology knowledge as well as passion and dedication to ToolsGroup staff and customers. I want to thank Yossi and the board for trusting me with the honor of leading the company into the next phase of growth and innovation.”.

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Kinaxis

OCTOBER 1, 2014

Over the years, working for and with numerous manufacturing companies, I’ve seen many supply chain practices that cost companies money. Yet, a surprising number of companies (while they have traditional insurance) do not have a supply chain risk management “insurance” aka a supply chain risk management process.

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Enterra Insights

FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Multi-enterprise business networks are revolutionizing how companies bring together the necessary parties, documents and data into a digital ecosystem. ” As President/CEO of a cognitive computing company, you’ll not be surprised to learn I agree with IBM that we’ll eventually see a cognitive supply chain. .”[7]

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Supply Chain Matters

MAY 18, 2022

The conference keynote delivered by company CEO and Executive Board member Christian Klein reinforced the overall conference theme: Reinvent how business is run. This year’s event took note of the company’s 50 th anniversary as an enterprise technology provider which is a milestone itself. Executive Keynote.

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ModusLink Corporation

MAY 23, 2023

This is on full display with the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act now in effect, as shared by IBM (German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (SCDDA) explained). In addition to these external pressures, companies must contend with an increasing number of legal requirements for supply chain management.

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Freightos

MARCH 3, 2015

By 2017, the market research company expects the number of global smartphone users to increase to 2.50bn and represent 33.8% During the 2014 holiday season in the US, IBM Digital Analytics estimated that 25% of US online sales were via mobile. The post Is Google the most innovative supply chain company in the world?

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