Customer enablement only emphasised by 23% of supply chain organisations
Supply chain organisations that enable customers to get their own jobs done are twice as likely to receive repurchase orders compared with peers that focus merely on customer satisfaction or ease. A Gartner survey also found that customer enablement is only being emphasised by 23% of supply chain organisations today, but the strategy will become […]
Inadequate tech means 95% of companies will fail to enable end-to-end supply chain resiliency by 2026
Most companies will remain locked into an outdated model that will prevent them from achieving end-to-end (E2E) resiliency in their supply chains by 2026. Analysis by Gartner indicates that few companies have accepted the necessary paradigm shift from being forecast-driven, and primarily focused on accuracy, to instead focusing on managing uncertainty in their supply chains. […]
65% of companies plan to accelerate supply chain and logistics innovation investment
More than two-thirds of organisations plan to increase their technology spending over the next two years, though 87% indicated they still face internal inhibitors to supply chain and logistics innovation. That’s according to a Descartes study Supply Chain and Logistics Innovation Accelerates, but Has Long Way to Go, which examined how technology innovation is changing […]
FMCG giants ramp sustainable packaging efforts
Fast-moving consumer goods (FMCG) companies are increasingly pledging to bring the environmental, social and governance (ESG) element into packaging with an aim to address various environmental challenges. Amid mounting pressure from customers, investors, and governments, they are making forward-thinking moves to improve the world by offering ethical, sustainable purchase choices to consumers, says GlobalData. GlobalData’s […]
87% of business leaders expect to increase sustainability investment
87% of business leaders expect to increase their organization’s investment in sustainability over the next two years. Customers are the primary stakeholder group creating pressure for organizations to invest or act on sustainability issues, selected by 80% of executives, followed by investors (60%) and regulators (55%). “Sustainability enables businesses to cope with disruption,” said Kristin […]
Freight’s clean future: 94% of UK companies to ‘go green’ within five years
A new survey has found that 94% of transport & logistics (T&L) companies are committed to actively reducing carbon emissions by 2027. The 2022 Green Technology in Freight survey carried out by Neos one year on from the announcement of the UK government’s Decarbonising Transport plan, shows a significant portion of the industry are set to […]
Supply Chain Procurement: 2023 buying trends revealed
Forecasting tools, 3PL and Delivery Management top the list of services the UK’s leading supply chain professionals are sourcing for 2023. The findings have been revealed ahead of next month’s Total Supply Chain Summit and are based on delegate requirements at the second of two events in 2022. Delegates registering to attend were asked which areas they […]
Consortiums key to organisations hitting net-zero goals
Due to a dearth of low-cost innovative solutions and scalability issues, companies are failing to achieve their ambitious net-zero goals. However, consortiums, with a collective goal of reducing carbon emissions, can address these challenges and attract investment from big companies to accelerate and support the implementation of decarbonization strategies, says GlobalData, a leading data and […]
CFOs ‘focusing on automation investments’ to drive down costs
CFOs plan to protect their digital investments as they cut costs elsewhere in the business, and have particularly prioritised back-office automation as a key to driving down costs in the face of ongoing inflation. A July 2022 survey of 226 CFOs undertaken by Gartner found that digital acceleration was the top spending priority for CFOs […]
There are four ways Chief Supply Chain Officers can manage inflation, says Gartner
As inflation rates rise in economies around the world, and a recession might be looming, there are four ways chief supply chain officers (CSCOs) can prepare their leadership response over the next months, according to Gartner. “While CSCOs primarily focus on developing strategy and enabling organizational capabilities, the economic headwinds they experience these days call […]
