Supply chain visibility is at the top of many executives’ priority lists. Capgemini conducted a survey in May 2011, and found that 45 percent of the survey takers listed visibility as their main goal for the year. Have you started yet?
The Supplier Collaboration Challenge – going global AND local at the same time
Talking to a major grocery wholesale/retail customer confirmed how changing demand patterns also heavily affect supplier management. The retailer needed to build better relationships with remote suppliers and at the same time satisfy a growing demand for local food products. They asked us how we could help them enable new suppliers cost-effectively with supplier collaboration technology.
Get creative to improve business processes and cut costs
It’s vital that you’re more creative than your competitors, as Best Practice today will not be Best Practice tomorrow. You must always be one-step ahead if you are going to win. Retailers and customers are demanding better service, lower costs and faster, more flexible delivery. If you can’t deliver on these demands you won’t be delivering at all.





