IBM A/NZ value chain study
Did you know that in Australia, New Zealand and Europe, supply chains are much more focused on responsiveness, while in the US and Japan the focus is on profitability? Or that the new supply chain challenge in A/NZ is how to maintain cost control yet still meet new demands for service and flexibility?...
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In 2003 when IBM last undertook a study of this magnitude, the stand-out objective of leading supply chains was to increase profitability - whilst at the same time reducing costs and improving quality. Now in 2005/6 quality is a given. Responsiveness has taken its place in a set of three top objectives - which are common for supply chains across all the geographies surveyed. But there is a difference in emphasis. Find out more from our latest value chain study. Register for your copy now. |
August 2006 |
