88%
88% of respondents see SaaS SCM applications as enablers for the adoption of emerging technologies.
3:1
Organizations that add emerging technology capabilities to SCM applications by purchasing solutions outnumber those that build solutions by three to one.
76%
76% of organizations cite increased employee productivity as a realized benefit of AI-powered SCM.
75%
75% of respondents credit chatbots and intelligent voice assistants with increasing the use of SCM apps by suppliers and customers.
6
Days
Organizations have shortened their time to produce/fulfill orders by an average of more than six business days as a result of incorporating IoT data into their supply chain systems and workflows.
88%
88% of organizations using IoT data to support SCM say the ROI has met or exceeded expectations.
87%
87% of organizations adding blockchain to SCM capabilities say the ROI has met or exceeded expectations.
78%
78% of respondents agree that the ability to verify supply chain monitoring with blockchain will reduce incidents of fraud in their supply chain by 50% or more over the next five years.
6.8x
Emerging technology users are 6.8x more likely to describe their order-to-cash time as market-leading than those not using emerging technologies (38% versus 4%).
58%
Aggressive adopters of emerging technologies for finance and operations have grown their annual revenues 58% faster than organizations not investing in any of these technologies.
80%
Aggressive adopters of emerging technologies for finance and operations have grown their annual profit 80% faster than organizations not investing in any of these technologies.