Aberdeen benchmarked the supply chain software investment and roadmap strategies of over 130 Consumer Industry companies to identify the abilities of supply chain applications in managing risk and ability to change and adapt business processes over time.
The report assesses the capabilities of users of on-demand applications versus other delivery models like on-premise or custom/home grown approaches.
Why are Companies Investing in Supply Chain Applications?
Customer centricity strategies and globalization is fundamentally changing how manufacturers, distributors, and retailers need to think about and operate their supply chains.
Business processes at most companies are transforming from inward-focused actions to outward-facing processes that must harness knowledge and synchronize activities across suppliers, logistics providers, and customers.