The Smarter Supply Chain of Future


The global marketplace today has no equivalent in the history of organisation. Like economies and financial markets, supply chains have become global and interconnected. The "buffers" in the system have been reduced so much that  have increased exposure to shocks and disruptions. Time, Cost, Speed & Quality attributes further increase the vulnerability of the supply chain.

How are supply chain executives coping? We may learn something about it in the IBM research report of 400 supply chain executives. Follow the link below;


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  1. UnknownFebruary 15, 2011 at 12:53 PM

    Sir,

    I am not able to open this URL. Probably the link is broken. Kindly upload the PDF document if its downloaded.

    Regards
    Deepak

    ReplyDelete
  2. Pinak KulkarniFebruary 15, 2011 at 4:43 PM

    hey deepak,

    I checked the link again. The link opens. It takes a bit of time.

    ReplyDelete

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