ASIAN COMPANIES : SUPPLY CHAIN TECHNOLOGY
entire industries . You don ’ t need to look much further than companies like Singapore ’ s nuTonomy , Xero and Atlassian from Australia and New Zealand ; Huawei , Didi and Baidu in China ; or Line in Japan , for proof of this . In addition , Asia is home to the largest population of internet users - accounting for half of the world ’ s total 2.8 billion internet users - and has the largest regional e-commerce market . By 2018 , there will be 1.14 billion connected Asians on business and social networks . And by 2020 , the Asia Pacific region will account for 44 % of all connections and devices worldwide .
Now is clearly Asia ’ s moment for digital . And the opportunity for us to help them to make the most of it is huge .
How do Asian companies compare when it comes to digitalisation within the supply chain ? Just like everything else in Asia , supply chain practices are maturing . More companies have introduced the role of a CPO and are setting up procurement as a shared service . I see this in many of my customer interactions . And they are making investments in platforms to digitise the core procurement operations and want to be the first to innovate in areas like supplier risk and supply chain collaboration .
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