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What areas of SCM are best suited for the application of AI?

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But can we also overuse the technology, and risk the possibility of ruining our brand if we use it for something we shouldnt. has the potential to rapidly improve the P2P process, by eliminating routine work, reducing invoices and acknowledgements, and creating direct purchasing in the hands of all associates.

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The Role of Centers of Excellence in Supply Chain Transformation

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Beroe, Spend Cube, GEP, and others), who combine pre-developed reports along with consultative services to provide deep insights into markets. Both supplier intelligence and risk analysis are often highly unstructured decisions, which involve a lot of inference abilities, difficult decision-making, intuition, and analytic insight.

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Supply Chain Graphic of the Week on GEP Supply Chain Volatility Index

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Despite Tariff Chaos, the Index Shows below Normal Supply Chain Pressures

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Prediction- Increased Tariffs and Trade Conflict Policies Lead to Added Assessments of Supply Chain Sourcing Strategies

Supply Chain Matters

Earlier this week, we highlighted summary findings of reported data published in The GEP Global Supply Chain Volatility Index , an indicator that tracks demand conditions, material shortages that observed that in November, U.S.

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GEP Outlook 2021 Report

Get a leg up with the GEP Outlook 2021 Report, featuring eight critical leadership themes that will help you navigate uncertainty and thrive in the new normal. It’s 2021, and many enterprises are still reeling from the unprecedented disruption of last year.

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Evidence That Some Manufacturers Are Preloading Inventory

Supply Chain Matters

Latest Supply Chain Volatility Index The GEP Global Supply Chain Volatility Index published in conjunction with S&P Global and GEP is an indicator that tracks demand conditions, material shortages, inventory levels and backlogs based on PMI reported survey of upwards of 27,000 companies in over 40 countries.

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A New Kind of Supply Chain Managed Services

Logistics Viewpoints

This model comes from a partnership between GEP and Eliant Inventory Solutions. GEP is one of the relatively rare companies that is simultaneously a software company, a consultant, and a services provider. GEP offers procurement and visibility/fulfillment orchestration applications. I talked to one of GEP’s planning customers.

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GEP Outlook 2022

The GEP Outlook 2022 report explores global business trends and features seven critical leadership themes that will help you proactively prepare for and power through the challenges ahead. Supply Chain & Procurement: Key Trends, Challenges and Opportunities.

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GEP Spend Category Outlook 2024

GEP experts in nearly two dozen critical categories guide you in the right direction in our annual comprehensive resource — GEP Spend Category Outlook 2024. There are strategic opportunities to leverage AI-powered technology and digital toolsets to overcome these hurdles more effectively.

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GEP Spend Category Outlook 2023 Report

Read the GEP Spend Category Outlook 2023 report now to build successful spend management strategies across 22 indirect & direct categories. What are the risks for procurement in 2023? What should leaders do to deliver value amid uncertainties?

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GEP Outlook Report 2025

The GEP Outlook 2025 report examines the disruptive transformation AI is driving in procurement and supply chains, alongside other key trends and the macroeconomic outlook for the year ahead.

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The Business Costs of Supply Chain Disruption

The Economist and GEP surveyed 400 senior execs to find out their real business impacts. Supply chains have weathered a lot recently: a pandemic, natural disasters, trade wars and more. The results? Shocking, but not surprising.

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Is Digital Procurement Transformation Delivering on the Promise?

Download this report, from a GEP-sponsored survey from ISM, to check your performance and see how your peers are reaching their transformation goals. Is your digital transformation working, or is it still a work in progress?

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GEP Outlook Report 2024

The GEP Outlook 2024: Procurement & Supply Chain report analyzes global business trends and explores seven vital leadership themes that will equip you to make the most of the year ahead.

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Just in Time vs. Just in Case: What’s the Way Forward for Supply Chains?

Read this latest GEP paper to learn how enterprises can ensure adequate supplies without running excess inventory. Just-in-time supply chains worked just fine — until they didn’t. Is more inventory the answer? It’s not a binary solution.