OPINION PIECE
How to create an agile supply chain
Supply chains must adopt a ‘network approach’, connecting all partners to shared processes, data and metrics, managed within a single platform to succeed affirms Khaled AlShami, Senior Director, Solution Consulting, Middle East & Africa, Infor in the first part of a twopart contribution.
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ompetitive supply chains must enable a new level of coordinated performance that creates a highfidelity picture of in-process flows across your extended network. Building the continuous supply chain supports contextual deviations, conveys alerts and drives continuous planning via sense and respond capabilities.
Optimising multi-party business processes Supply chains are complex networks where over 80% of the data and processes sit within partner systems. To see and act on the latest picture of your supply chain, your company needs that data from each of your partners, but the problem is most companies rely solely on an enterprise-centric approach to solve a multi-enterprise problem. The only way to overcome those limitations is to adopt a ‘network approach’. Connecting all partners to shared processes, data and metrics managed within a single platform creates a single version of truth for all parties. This allows supply chains to eliminate the data silos and inherent latency in order to reduce the root causes of friction, variability and costs in today’s supply chains, both internally and externally.
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