Technology Trends for the Supply Chain

In early 2017 APQC conducted research on the current and future states of supply chain functions. The digitization of the supply chain stands to transform organizations and their supply chain management (SCM) functions. Grand claims for technology have been made before that ultimately had underwhelming effects—thanks to the inability of any technology to plug-and-play in an organization that does not fully understanding its own processes. This article looks at how organizations view technologies, if they use them, and if they plan to adopt them at all.