The world’s most strategically managed supply chains create opportunities for top-line business value. Most companies are stuck in a set of project or functional excellence silos that limit these opportunities, which is cost-efficient, but very slowly advances their interconnectivity and ability to adapt. 

Disconnected end-to-end visibility into enterprise-wide data stems from an inside-out supply chain mentality, and prevents many supply chains from advancing their Operating Model capabilities. Yet a company of any size, global or local, has the ability to move to a customer-centric, demand-driven supply chain, creating effortless fulfillment and delivery capabilities. 

The solution is one overarching, end-to-end supply chain architecture in the cloud. This end-to end-digital ecosystem is a new enabling capability that provides scalability and agility across the supply chain as more Industry 4.0 practices take hold in the enterprise. With new technologies readily available like Internet of Things (IoT) and advanced analytics, organizations that are looking toward cloud-based systems are the ones who will be successful in harnessing the power of big data. Predicting market activity and enabling an outside-in supply chain will bring agile and efficient business processes to your organization. 

This week at Modern Supply Chain Experience 2017, supply chain’s best and brightest pros will see the capabilities that a cloud based, end-to-end supply chain can provide. Featured exhibits like “The Supply Chain of the Future” will showcase business processes in a digital environment and the steps companies must take to reach an optimized supply chain. In addition, APICS’s very own Peter Bolstorff will take stage to discuss the road to a modern manufacturing strategy, and one of the supply chain industry’s most pressing issues: the talent gap.