"The only way to ensure that a company's supply chain is able to adapt to continuous business changes fast enough is to establish an adequate level of supply chain intelligence," says Viktoriya Sadlovska, researcher of product value chain and supply chain management at Aberdeen and a co-author of the report. "This requires putting in place processes and tools to effectively monitor supply chain performance and notify specific process managers before problems turn into disruptions," she says.
The study highlights the role of advanced BI technologies in the enablement of supply chain processes, says the report's other co-author, Nari Viswanathan, vice president / principal analyst, supply chain management. "The cutting-edge supply chain BI technologies are pervasive and role-based -- they are embedded into the specific supply chain processes and can provide immediate intelligence to the process owners," he explains. "These capabilities should not only serve as each supply chain's operational 'command and control' center, but also help uncover new revenue and savings opportunities with the help of advanced analytics."
