Future Supply Chain
Outline
- IBM : Smarter Supply chain Of the Future - MIT : Scenario Planning - Capgemini : A New Model for Enhanced Supply Chain Collaboration

IBM : THE SMARTER SUPPLY CHAIN OF THE FUTURE Volatile. That’s perhaps the best word to describe today’s global marketplace. Like economies and financial markets, as supply chains have grown more global and interconnected, they’ve also increased their exposure to shocks and disruptions. Even minor missteps and miscalculations can have major consequences as their impacts spread like viruses throughout complex supply chain networks.

IBM : The Top Five Supply Chain Challenges
Cost containment Rapid, constant change is rocking this traditional area of strength and outstripping supply chain executives’ ability to adapt. Visibility Flooded with more information than ever, supply chain executives still struggle to “see” and act on the right information. Risk risk management ranks remarkably high on the supply chain agenda as well. Customer intimacy –Despite demand-driven mantras, companies are better connected to their suppliers than their customers. Globalization Contrary to initial rationale, globalization has proven to be more about revenue growth than cost savings.

IBM : The Top Five Supply Chain Challenges

IBM : They must also be smart
Futur SCM More : Instrumented Interconnected Intelligent Instrumented Information that was previously created by people will increasingly Be machine-generated – flowing out of sensors, RFID tags, meters, actuators, GPS and more. Inventory will count itself. Containers will detect their contents. Pallets will report in if they end up in the wrong place.

IBM :They must also be smart
Interconnected The entire supply chain will be connected – not just customers, Suppliers and IT systems in general, but also parts, products and other smart objects used to monitor the supply chain. Extensive connectivity will enable worldwide networks of supply chains to