Nucleus Research - Supply Chain Control Towers Value Matrix

Automation and collaboration differentiate the leading control tower solutions in the 2017 edition of the Control Tower Value Matrix.

Nucleus found that customers are extracting value from the visibility solutions provide as well as functionality that allows supply chain managers to remove rule-of-thumb controls in favor of machine learning algorithms.

Supply chain control towers continue to evolve from tools that deliver visibility almost exclusively to solutions that provide capabilities like collaboration with trading partners and functionality that enables supply chain planners to automate processes and controls.

While visibility is still valuable, especially when solutions integrate data from multiple disparate systems providing the highly sought-after single version of the truth, the day-to-day management of the supply chain offers room for improvement.

Leading vendors allow users to set parameters to elements of their supply chains, such as inventory levels and replenishment plans, and then leave the tool to make adjustments when issues arise.

Additionally, vendors are providing capabilities that help enterprises work with multiple tiers of trading partners, manufacturers, transportation and logistics providers, and customers to better coordinate their operations.

How your supply chain can benefit from a control tower, what you will learn:

• The four levels of supply chain control towers and the value each offers
• The 13 vendor control tower solutions available and how each performs
• Control towers that cater to all levels of maturity, from foundational visibility to autonomy
• How to achieve zero data latency with a control tower on a real-time network
• Using machine learning agents to automatically "tune" the supply chain
• How advanced control towers use autonomous agents to automate supply chain operations
• And more...