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Energize your supply chain network - New competitive advantage from existing investments

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15 Jan 2004 | (Thinking Point)


IBM Business Consulting Services conducted the 2003 IndustryWeek Value Chain Survey in conjunction with IndustryWeek magazine. This survey identifies current practices, captures significant trends and establishes operational performance benchmarks in five key areas of supply chain management (SCM): new product development, supply chain planning, customer order management, procurement and logistics.

IBM and IndustryWeek distributed a total of 25,000 surveys, five survey questionnaires each to 5000 IndustryWeek subscribers throughout the United States. Surveys included 18 to 24 questions about overall business objectives, enabling technologies and current practices, as well as core performance data, such as level of resources (full time equivalent), cycle times or efficiency rates. There were a total of 1,461 respondents, the majority from the consumer products and industrial products industries, with limited representation from distribution and transportation, high technology, energy, services, retail and wholesale industries.

This major research project was performed to better understand where SCM is today and how it is evolving. This report places the research findings into an overall context and provides perspective on the continuing evolution of supply chain and value chain management principles.

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