Today’s supply chains need to be more customer-centric. Forty percent of manufacturers say a lack of deep insight into their customer and consumers is the #1 gap they must address. Learn how leveraging new technologies like AI, IoT, and analytics can help make the digital supply chain better. For more information, download the full IDC paper at http://www.sap.com/dsc-analytics.

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Moving to Analytics-Driven
Digital Supply Chains
An IDC infographic sponsored by SAP
Today’s supply chains need to be more
customer-centric. Top future drivers are:
Analytics-Driven Supply Chains: Critical
Enabler of Consumer-Centricity
Actionable Business Insights
Leveraging new
technologies like
AI, IoT and digital
analytics
Selling directly
to individual
consumers
Fostering growth
by responding
quickly to change
Seizing new
markets and
opportunities
Supply Chain Transformation Is
Mostly About Doing The Things
Suppliers Already Do, But Better.
OR BEING A
DISRUPTIVE
SUPPLIER.
of companies will find their business disrupted by
digitally-enabled competitors by the end of 2018.
17% say it has
already happened.
of manufacturers still cite
their analytics capabilities
at just average or below.
of industry growth in the next 5
years will come from
manufacturers with digital
competencies.
of manufactures say supply chain transformation is
principally about meeting customer/consumer needs.
Having reliable and accurate data is important, whether
from ERP or IoT. But transformation is also about:
Agile, cloud-based
applications
AI-enabled business processes
and predictive capabilities
Broad and deep reach,
using analytics
In the future, seamless analytics will be an
important part of the decision-making process.
of manufacturers cite technology
limitations as an impediment to
supply chain transformation.
of manufacturers say a lack of deep
insight into their customer and consumers
is the #1 gap they must address.
Think platform, but engage with applications. The digital supply chain must
seamlessly move across applications, as well as seamlessly leverage data sources.
of companies believe their data analytics
capabilities to be less than best-in-class.
For more on how to become an intelligent enterprise, read
the IDC paper, Unleashing the Business Value of the Digital
Supply Chain with Analytics, sponsored by SAP.
60%
The near future is about disruption
Either by insulating
the supply chain from
external disruption...
Technology partners will be key. Analytics drive value.
53%
22%
+50%
60%
74%
40%
Download the paper
sap.com/dsc-analytics