Supply chain management and logistics in Industry 4.0

Supply chains are extremely complex organisms, and no company has yet succeeded in building one that’s truly digital. PwC analysis and advice on how to get there.

Infographic showing the changing world of advanced planning for supply chain

Professor Michael Henke talks about the future of logistics. The Internet of things will become an important driving force.

Supply Chain Movement has created a mindmap outlining the route for high-tech supply chains, including road signs indicating potential hazards along the way.

Supply chains are traditionally linear, but today supply chains are transforming into dynamic, interconnected systems. These digital supply networks integrate information from many different sources to drive production and distribution, potentially altering manufacturing’s competitive landscape.

Bain consistently finds that supply chains play a critical role in helping companies achieve growth objectives. In today’s markets, companies are increasingly challenging their supply chains on multiple dimensions, including flexibility, cost reduction, predictable risk management and customer service levels.

Is non-value added effort preventing us from reaching higher levels of supply chain planning maturity?” It’s this question that we would like to address.

The global connected logistics market is poised to grow at a CAGR of 30% until 2020. In-depth overview of the data and drivers.

Supply chains and the transportation and logistics industry are going through important transformation in a digital age. Core drivers and lessons.

The proliferation of digital supply chain management solutions has put even more pressure on global supply chain managers to set up freight transportation networks in regions that many may have never even visited. In turn, today’s freight forwarders now need to ramp up their value-added visibility services in an effort to boost revenues and put shippers at ease.