Analytics in the Supply Chain Survey Summary: 2016

In August 2016, APQC conducted a survey to look at organizations that not only have a formal analytics department or program, but also how analytics is used to help make business decisions that impact their supply chains.

These survey results answer the following key questions:

• Do supply chain organizations have a formal analytics program?
• What are organizations attitudes toward analytics?
• How are organizations focusing on the use of analytics to help meet supply chain goals?
• What analytics practices have organizations implemented for the different areas of supply chain?
• How effective are organizations at using analytics to solve supply chain challenges?
• What factors have enabled analytics capabilities in the supply chain?
• What are the challenges organizations are faced with regarding their analytics efforts in the supply chain?