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In many cases , companies just need to organise , integrate , and ensure data is stored for easy access .
“ In the supply chain many assumptions are made ,” says Fab Brasca , Vice President of Solutions Strategy at JDA , offering an answer to the dilemma identified by Sismeiro . “ We use averages to determine lead times and try to model transportation issues , factoring in many constraints , but integrating with a predictive analytics solution which not only allows you to understand where things are in your supply chain but where they could be . This intelligence can then be used to not only react , but proactively respond and manage disruption .”
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Shawn Lane is Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing at E2open – an end-to-end supply chain company providing software solution tools around supply chain planning , execution , collaboration and connectivity . He agrees that rather than being an added extra , digitising the supply chain is the only way to keep up with big business . “ Activist investors and the rise of Amazon . com are forcing companies to change the way they behave . Companies are terrified , and know they need to perform better . They need to have higher customer performance at lower cost and they ’ re struggling to figure out where to get those productivity improvements .”
E2open works in partnership with Capgemini – a global leader in consulting , technology and outsourcing – delivering E2net ( the largest direct materials network in the world , managing $ 250bn worth of spend from some of the biggest companies in the world ). Focused on software-as-a-service ( SaaS ) supply chain , E2open aims to deliver the best value at the most reasonable cost . The niche they occupy in the market highlights the need for larger companies like Capgemini to seek out and partner with agile disruptors who can innovate their offering .
For supply chain leaders , Lane warns : “ The worst decision you can make is to do nothing . It ’ s important for companies to act right
64 February 2018