Gartner Supply Chain Top 25

The Cleveland Clinic is the top healthcare supply chain according to Gartner, which also recognized the Mayo Clinic and Intermountain Health as Masters for their continued excellence.

On this episode, Gartner’s Mike Griswold discusses this year’s list of the Top 25 Supply Chains. SCMR’s Editorial Director Bob Trebilcock hosts.

Gartner, Inc. has released the findings from its annual Supply Chain Top 25, identifying supply chain leaders and highlighting their best practices.

Amazon Takes the Top Spot in Top 25 Rankings; Apple and P&G Move into New Masters Category Winners Revealed at Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference in Phoenix, AZ.

Today, it is tough for a supply chain team to assess if they are getting better. They work hard, but the balance sheet data is so complicated, that it is hard to see if they are making progress.

At their recent conference, Gartner released the top 25 Supply Chain list, which provides insight into the focus of successful companies.

Deeper contextual understanding of customers, leveraging digital business as part of broader customer solutions and supply chain leading balanced growth are this year's most common trends among supply chain leaders.

The Gartner Supply Chain Top 25 is about leadership. However, Lora Cecere, the Founder and CEO of Supply Chain Insights, voices some concerns about the Gartner Supply Chain Top 25 research.

Each year, our analysts talk to and research the supply chains of hundreds of companies. Through these discussions, we note the trends: What are the leaders focusing on, where are they investing time and effort and what can be applied broadly? Three key trends stand out this year.

The 2013 ranking of supply chain leaders from Gartner highlights the best of the best—large, global companies that are furthest along on the journey toward demand-driven supply chains. While the mix of companies is diverse, there are lessons to be learned from these supply chain leaders.