SUPPLY CHAIN
“Traditional supply chains will become more like private trading networks ”
JONATHAN COLEHOWER , GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN STRATEGY PRACTICE LEAD , UST
“ This means you can turn visibility on and off , depending on who the actors are , because you don ' t want every supply chain actor to see what everybody else is doing . “ One of the biggest challenges for such networks will be trust . Will trading partners trust one another enough to share information ?
Colehower says it will take a “ pioneer ” to help establish such trust-based networks : “ It ' s going to take somebody who ' s comfortable and confident in that supply chain , who are willing to share , and who can actually demonstrate what the results are .”
Data sharing will feature in SCM solutions of the future Wayne Snyder – VP of retail industry strategy EMEA at Blue Yonder , one of the world ’ s leading supply chain management companies – agrees that data sharing will become a more common feature of SCM solutions .
“ We harvest data from many internal and external sources but currently do not share data across our customers . However , we foresee that in the future more retailers will look to share data to help deliver better insights .”
Synder believes that data sharing will deliver value , while still respecting data privacy , and says that as artificial intelligence and real-time technologies are adopted
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