Ensure the Accuracy of Your Organization’s Master Data

APQC’s research in supply chain planning has found that the most pressing challenges in supply chain planning often concern data: data quality, data collection and aggregation, data granularity, the real-time integration of data inputs, and data analysis. Clearly, poor or insufficient data management hampers the accuracy of supply chain plans. Organizations that ensure the accuracy of their supplier and customer master data report benefits in term of improved performance on selected key performance indicators.

Read this performance driver from APQC’s Supply Chain Planning: Blueprint for Success.