Six Essential Supply Chain Management Strategies
Keep up with the demand-driven world of digital operating models, IoT, and predictive analytics by employing these trusted strategies that will future-proof your business.
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Total visibility
Future-ready cloud applications provide end-to-end visibility right across the business, from buyers to the market to supply. This enables you to adopt a demand-driven model that helps you anticipate opportunities and mitigate risks.
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Competition-beating agility
Anticipate and quickly react to market changes with the ability to make continuous, dynamic, real-time adjustments that keep you ahead.
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faster order cycle times with SCM 2
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Innovation through collaboration
Decisions made in the early stages can make or break a product, so be sure your product development teams and engineers are not only innovating the products and services that customers are demanding, but also optimizing designs to streamline supply, manufacturing, and operations.
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Planning aligned to business goals
Achieve a balance of supply and demand that’s aligned with your business goals, by integrating corporate business planning with sales & operations planning. Integrate financial budgeting and forecasting systems with operations for more informed strategic decisions.
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increase in profitability 2
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reduction in cases of missing inventory and damaged or expired material 2
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Sustainability as standard
Use real-time analysis of energy and resource consumption to reduce inefficiencies, minimize energy waste, increase “recycle-reuse-refurbish” activities, and optimize transportation. 69% of CPOs acknowledge the need to improve process efficiencies. Deloitte CPO study
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Reliability of supply
Implement processes that embed advanced technologies to continuously adapt, improve, and ensure manufacturing operations are synchronized.
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