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Top 3 Ways Supply Chain 4.0 Technologies Are Revolutionizing Supply Chain Operations

Although making the jump towards a fully digitized and interconnected supply chain system requires significant commitment on the part of the organization as well as deep pockets, the payoff is well worth the price of admission. A few of the most notable benefits include:

1. Increased visibility, heightened responsiveness and greater resiliency across the organization’s entire supply chain ecosystem
2. Smarter warehouse management gives companies leeway to experiment with different floor plans, workflows, and other important variables to accurately assess the overall impact on operations.
3. Satisfying evolving customer expectations as well as facilitating synergistic co-creation of value, between both the organization and its customers.

Digital Business, Featured

A 101 Guide for Flipping the Odds of Digital Transformation

A mere 26% of organizations succeed in their digital transformation initiatives. If you’re looking to flip the odds of digital transformation success in your favour and be a part of that elite 26%, here’s what you need to do:

1. Establish clearly defined digital transformation goals
2. Establish a fail-fast-learn mindset to drive change and spearhead innovation
3. Have employees drive digital transformation initiatives from within rather than simply relying on an army of outside consultants
4. Leverage a product mindset to design products that are scalable, functional and last the test of time
5. Hire a technology partner to help replace your age-old legacy systems

Featured, Perspectives

The Pursuit of Client Happiness : Bring in the Shadow Resource

Most people think a happy customer is a myth. However, it’s the emotion of happiness that usually drives customers to choose your brand over all else. While pursuing the hearts and minds of customers can seem daunting and challenging, it need not be so.

With the help of shadow resources, organizations can:

1. Safeguard clients from unexpected losses and deliver continued value
2. Prevent employee burnout by having stand-by resources who can quickly grasp requirement needs and be hands-on in implementation if or when the need arises.
3. Empower employees to learn different technologies and avoid propagating a culture of hero worship.
4. Ensure that an organization’s customers equally stand to gain a ton of value from the project’s implementation.

Enterprise Solutions, Featured

5 Problem Areas in Supply Chain Systems That Immediately Require Modernization

The economic impact of COVID-19 has severely exposed the limitations of supply chains across the world and there are 5 key areas where legacy systems are hampering the quality of these supply chain systems:

1. Reliance on manual processes for decision-making and legacy tools like excel spreadsheets to manage logistic operations.
2. Data silos that adversely affect organization’s ability to gain visibility
3. Failure to move legacy systems to a cloud-based enterprise system across the entire supply chain
4. Integration-related issues with existing logistics systems
5. Inability to facilitate the flow of real-time information