Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Gartner offers five high level supply chain predictions for 2011

Gartner offers five high level supply chain predictions for 2011:

• Supply chain leaders will focus on redesigning their demand management processes and technology to help drive stronger market insights.

• Determining how to manage supplier risk will become a key requirement for leading organizations.

• Supply chain management (SCM) technologies based on software as a service (SaaS) and the cloud will continue to gain traction, but mainly in process areas, with strong alignment to the unique characteristics of these delivery models.

• Although in the last couple years the pendulum has swung back to favoring best-of-breed (BOB) SCM applications over ERP, supply chain leaders have identified a successful hybrid model that leverages the power of both.

• Supply chain segmentation is gaining traction in the business, and leading companies are figuring out how to formalize the process to make it consistent and repeatable.

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