Aug 30, 2022, by John Willmott
The pandemic stress-tested many supply chains beyond previous expectations, identifying and magnifying any process shortfalls. The current economic downturn and additional disruption of supply chains by geopolitical factors have further exacerbated the difficulties enterprises face in their day-to-day supply chain management.
Accordingly, enterprises are typically seeking increase[...]
Feb 20, 2020, by John Willmott
Read Part 1 here.
Q&A Part 2
JW: What are the main supply chain flows that supply chain executives should look to address?
JJ: Traditionally, there are three main supply chain flows that benefit from automation:
Physical flow (flow of goods from, e.g., from a DC to a retailer, the most visible and tangible flow) – some more obvious than others, such as parcel[...]
Feb 18, 2020, by John Willmott
Introduction
Supply chain management is an area currently facing considerable pressure and is a key target for transformation. NelsonHall research shows that less than a third of supply chain executives in major enterprises are highly satisfied with, for example, their demand forecasting accuracy and their logistics planning and optimization, and that the majority perceive there t[...]
Aug 14, 2018, by John Willmott
SCM is one of Genpact’s “invest-to-grow” service lines, where the company is looking to make disproportionate investments and scale up the business: in this case, to become one of the top two global supply chain transformation services vendors. In its “invest-to-grow” businesses, Genpact is looking to achieve at least twice the level of revenue growth ac[...]