SAP
“ Sustainability and the circular economy will be the defining factors of the supply chain of the future ”
ANDY HANCOCK GLOBAL VICE PRESIDENT OF DIGITAL SUPPLY CHAIN
CENTRE OF EXCELLENCE , SAP
it on the shelf , then you can ' t sell anything ,” he says . “ So in the short term it ' s all about creating a resilient supply chain , which you achieve through visibility and agility . It ' s also all about connectivity now . Businesses can ’ t operate in isolation .”
To achieve resilience , businesses are of course turning to Industry 4.0 technology . Hancock says such tech - in conjunction with 5G - is being deployed most widely in so-called brownfield sites . These are existing factories , warehouses or facilities in which new tech is incorporated into the existing infrastructure .
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