SupplyChain Magazine May 2017 | Page 15

WHAT DO CPOS REALLY THINK ? talent development approaches and training remains stubbornly low , with 25 percent spending less than one percent on training budgets .
Surprisingly , the study found that alongside wanting to increase staff numbers , CPOs stated that the impact of automation on their function will increase . CPOs reported that the impact of automation and robotics on their function will steadily increase from 50 percent today to 88 percent in five years ’ time , and up to 93 percent by 2025 .
Ultimately , how will the study help CPO ’ s improve their departments ? “ There are things organisations need to do , so this year we produced a section at the end of each section which calls out incremental actions and exponential actions ,” Younger says . “ So the incremental is just good practice . It ’ s what good organisations would do to put in place , so more training , capability assessments , mapping assessments , resources requirements , those sorts of things .”
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