supply chain

Understanding the four stages of supply chain maturity

Additional insight on Forbes Research that ends with four “How To Get Started” steps.

Impact of using a blockchain approach to establish trust in global supply chains

Impact of using a blockchain approach to drive business model innovation.

Digital’s impact on transportation, cities and logistics systems.

The impact that state-of-the-art simulation and modeling techniques can have on supply chain operations.

The consumer durables sector continues to evolve. Consumer demand for connected, energy-efficient appliances is driving investment in R&D – even as profitability pressures necessitate new cost-cutting measures. And intensifying vertical and virtual integration means manufacturers need stronger relationships with extended supply chains. Supply chain and sourcing professionals are leading the charge. Learn how a digital strategy enables the transformation needed to excel today.

New forces are reshaping the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector – and SAP anticipates that they will spur more change in the next five years than has been seen in the last 50. While the sector’s focus for the last half-century was getting consumers into retail stores to shop, we anticipate a focus shift to seizing “moments of opportunity.” This involves serving consumers when and where they need it. Sourcing and supply chain leaders are playing a key role in driving this evolution.

Life sciences is an industry on the move. Driven by regulatory changes, manufacturing capacity, and margin pressures, the industry’s supply chain and procurement leaders are relying heavily on contract manufacturing organizations (CMOs). These relationships require new ways of managing product quality and costs across the supply network. Learn how a true digital strategy can optimize internal and external processes – and extend them beyond the enterprise – so you can excel in today’s complex market.

The chemicals industry is undergoing a major transformation brought about by mergers and divestitures, shifting market dynamics, and nonlinear supply chains. Industry leaders are responding by harmonizing their supplier management, sourcing, and supply chain processes using a digital strategy that enables them to extend business processes beyond the four walls of the enterprise. Along the way, they are realizing new efficiencies and cost savings needed to compete in today’s complex marketplace.

The wait is over. Here at T-Systems, we are proud to present the findings of CXP Group - a leading independent European research and advisory firm in the field of digital, software and IT services. Their new “Digital Industrial Transformation with the Internet of Things” report examines the dynamic range of opportunities that IoT holds for businesses and explores the challenges of integrating existing data processes with those that are IoT enabled. The report is the result of the feedback cultivated from interviews with senior business and IT decision-makers responsible for creating and running innovation strategies at 250 large-scale European manufacturers. The data has been disseminated by region, strategies, pain points, IoT adoption, intention, investment etc. and provides readers with a detailed examination of what industrial businesses look for most from IoT. The report provides a fascinating unearthing of influencing factors for IoT readiness and digitization as a whole. Using

The chemicals industry is undergoing a major transformation brought about by mergers and divestitures, shifting market dynamics, and nonlinear supply chains. Industry leaders are responding by harmonizing their supplier management, sourcing, and supply chain processes using a digital strategy that enables them to extend business processes beyond the four walls of the enterprise. Along the way, they are realizing new efficiencies and cost savings needed to compete in today’s complex marketplace.

Life sciences is an industry on the move. Driven by regulatory changes, manufacturing capacity, and margin pressures, the industry’s supply chain and procurement leaders are relying heavily on contract manufacturing organizations (CMOs). These relationships require new ways of managing product quality and costs across the supply network. Learn how a true digital strategy can optimize internal and external processes – and extend them beyond the enterprise – so you can excel in today’s complex market.

New forces are reshaping the fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) sector – and SAP anticipates that they will spur more change in the next five years than has been seen in the last 50. While the sector’s focus for the last half-century was getting consumers into retail stores to shop, we anticipate a focus shift to seizing “moments of opportunity.” This involves serving consumers when and where they need it. Sourcing and supply chain leaders are playing a key role in driving this evolution.

The consumer durables sector continues to evolve. Consumer demand for connected, energy-efficient appliances is driving investment in R&D – even as profitability pressures necessitate new cost-cutting measures. And intensifying vertical and virtual integration means manufacturers need stronger relationships with extended supply chains. Supply chain and sourcing professionals are leading the charge. Learn how a digital strategy enables the transformation needed to excel today.

Today's supply chains typically include multiple partners, with services and sourcing managed across several organizations and across the world. Companies are increasing their use of third-party suppliers in the execution of key strategic imperatives. This leads to complexity in the supply chain and increased scale and intensity of operations, all of which contribute to global warming.

Globalization has presented business leaders with numerous opportunities and challenges to become more competitive and innovative and to drive more value. These opportunities and challenges seem to increase in number and complexity every year whether it is the challenge of scaling limited human and technological resources, sourcing from low-cost countries halfway around the world, or going to market with the latest product innovations.

Last week, SAP Ariba held a human trafficking roundtable event at its SAP Hudson Yards New York City offices. The roundtable focused on the United Nations Global Compact that adopted 17 sustainable development goals for its 2030 agenda two years ago. While most individuals and businesses believe slavery was abolished years ago, there are currently over 40 million forced laborers worldwide. The United Nations Global Compact initiative is assisting in highlighting the problem of modern slavery, forced labor, and noncompliance with human rights. And this initiative lines up quite well with procurement and global supply chains.

It is shocking to imagine the world where our use of plastic is leading to: Seas containing 500 times more micro plastic particles than stars in our galaxy Plastic fibers being present in 83% of the world’s tap water and 90% of the world’s most popular bottled water brands Widespread contamination of fish in our food chain Seas with more plastic than fish by 2050 This is the reality of the situation we are facing today, and yet it only scratches the surface of the challenges ahead of us.

The UK’s world class reputation for advanced engineering and manufacturing is underpinned by the thousands of vital companies supplying our sectors with materials, components, production machinery and equipment, testing equipment, and power generation equipment.

Powered by IBM i Solution Editions hardware, IBS's ERP applications enable improved efficiencies, scalability and cost savings.

Revenue may be the sexy side of business, but reducing operating expenses is critical. It's no good growing your sales if the profits are leaking out

If you're in wholesale distribution, you've got to keep your eyes on five main value drivers. This whitepaper focuses on the first - gross margin.

Learn how inventory optimization can offer companies huge potential to maximize the value of IT investments-and keep inventory levels balanced.

This whitepaper explores six fatal mistakes" in ERP implementations, along with methods that can be employed to avoid or, at worst, rectify them.