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The Supplier Management Secret Recipe

Supply Chain Game Changer

What is Supplier Relationship Management (SRM)? The Supplier Management Secret Recipe article and permission to publish here provided by Sam Jenks. Building a secret recipe for smooth supplier management requires a foundation, which you can build upon, experiment with, and eventually make your very own.

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Integrated Supplier Management: Plan, Execute and Adapt

QAD

Integrated Supplier Management is a must – manufacturers are still dealing with the effects of the global chip shortage, the Suez Canal blockage, changing trade policies and other global supply and demand disruptions. That is why we developed the Integrated Supplier Management diagnostic tool.

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Advanced Analytics versus Artificial Intelligence

ToolsGroup

For firms with Advanced Analytics or Artificial Intelligence (AI) in their future, Gartner has just published a useful report with three findings that clarify the difference between the two technologies and offers insight on employing them for augmenting versus automating supply chain decision making.

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Prescriptive Analytics for Supply Chain Optimization: 6 Powerful Use Cases 

ThroughPut

If there’s any piece of technology or analytics that can help with the most advanced data-driven decision-making in the supply chain right now, that’s prescriptive analytics. It is the most promising form of analytics in the market currently. What Is Prescriptive Analytics in Supply Chain? How should the supplier perform?

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Top 4 Considerations for Supplier Management Software Solutions

EC Sourcing Group

So if you’re wondering, “What is supply chain management and why it is important?,” it’s imperative to manage every link in the supply chain, particularly your supplier relationships. Supply Chain Management Cloud Software: Long-Term Relationships. Supply Chain Management Cloud Software: Vendor Management Portal.

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Supply Chain Analytics: What It Is and Why It Matters

QAD

What is Supply Chain Analytics and Why is it Important? Supply chain analytics allows businesses to examine their operations and view data in real-time. With supply chain management analytics software, companies can improve decision making, take a proactive approach and quickly mitigate issues before they explode into bigger problems.

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Using Analytics to Measure S&OP Effectiveness

Silvon Software

Using Capacity Utilization as a metric in your manufacturing analytics can help companies pinpoint areas where your production line is being wasteful, inefficient, or under-utilized. Using analytics to measure S&OP effectivness is key to making the most of your S&OP plan and gaining the highest ROI on your efforts.

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