Voice of the Supply Chain Leader – 2014

The supply chain software market is both important and confused.

It is imperative for supply chain leaders to build an understanding of technology to be a good partner to IT.

The biggest gap to be closed is one of leadership. The second is the definition of requirements. When these two gaps are closed companies can use new forms of technology to build muscle at the core and innovation at the edge.

Research Overview:

• Objective: To understand the current state, pain points, goals and issues facing today’s supply chain leaders and to determine their current state of satisfaction with supply chain software.
• Highlight: Among the top areas of supply chain pain are executive understanding of supply chain management, ability to get to the right data and actionable analytics.
• Survey Details: The research for this report was conducted from December 3, 2013 – February   3, 2014. It is based on an online survey among 96 manufacturers, retailers, and distributors.