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Gartner Releases Report on How to Secure Supply Chains Amidst the Coronavirus Outbreak

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Gartner has released a report detailing how to secure supply chains amidst the coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak. The consequences of a pandemic event are hard to predict,” says Koray Köse, Senior Director Analyst, Gartner. However, the risks always exist and are augmented with further globalization and integration of supply chains.

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Gartner Announces Rankings of the 2018 Healthcare Supply Chain Top 25

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Gartner, Inc. Healthcare supply chains today face a multitude of challenges: increasing cost pressures and patient expectations as well as the need to keep up with rapid technology advancement, to name just a few,” said Stephen Meyer , senior director at Gartner. Gartner Opinion 5 (20 Voters). Source: Gartner (November 2018).

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5 Paths to Better Supply Chain Visibility

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For many manufacturing and distribution organizations, for example, inventory management may be the pain point most worthy of attention. By 2023, Gartner says 50% of all product-centric enterprises will have invested in real-time transportation visibility platforms. Add a transportation visibility platform to your tech stack.

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NextGen Supply Chain Q&A: Rich Sherman

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Sherman was the first supply chain research director at AMR Research (now part of Gartner ), and helped develop the SCOR model and the Supply Chain Council. You have operations here and procurement over there and sales right here, for example. Sherman: While digitization is a technical exercise, digitalization is a business exercise.

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7 Reasons Why the Supply Chain Matters to Business Success

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Walmart may be the most famous example of a company that has succeeded primarily because of a well-developed and aligned supply chain strategy. For example, supplier performance issues can cause problems with inventory, order fill; on-time delivery performance and customer-order lead times. Mini Case Study: Walmart.

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8 Reasons Why Your Business’ Success Depends Upon Your Supply Chain

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Walmart may be the most famous example of a company that has succeeded primarily because of a well-developed and aligned supply chain strategy. To put that claim into some perspective, consider this data revealed by Gartner from research conducted in 2014: . Mini Case Study: Walmart. SEE ALSO: Supply Chain Strategy Development. .

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5 Reasons Why You Need to Do a Delivery Network Re-Route Now

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For example, companies are changing their delivery strategies based upon peak and slow seasons, or even the weather to best serve customers and keep their costs in line. For most, re-routes are a painful and time-consuming exercise. So why don’t companies perform re-routes or have strategic routing processes?