Without inclusion, diversity is unfulfilled potential.
~ CMI , October 2020.
Discrimination occurs when there is ‘unequal treatment of people based on the groups or categories to which they belong’.
~ Baumeister et al, 2011.
GARTNER’S YEAR 2024 GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN TOP 25 COMPANIES AND WHAT IS DRIVING THEIR SUCCESS
1. Schneider Electric
2. Cisco Systems
3. Colgate-Palmolive
4. Microsoft
5. Johnson & Johnson
6. Diageo
7. NVIDIA
8. The Coca-Cola Company
9. Walmart
10. Lenovo
11. L’Oréal
12. AstraZeneca
13. PepsiCo
14. Nike
15. Intel
16. Siemens
17. Nestlé
18. Inditex
19. Dell Technologies
20. Pfizer
21. HP
22. Danone
23. BMW
24. Heineken
25. JD.com
Global Supply Chain Top 25 Companies
“Supply chains of the future will be steered by human creativity but powered by AI and intelligent technologies.” [Subit Mathew, Deloitte].
GEP’s AI-driven total orchestration solution aims to offer support to procurement operations and supply chains globally.
With Oracle Fusion Cloud Human Capital Management, we have enhanced our HR efficiency by reducing HR processing time by 50% and external IT support by 80%. (https://www.oracle.com/a/ocom/docs/oracle-unified-scm-hcm-ebook.pdf)
Organizations can gain competitive advantage over their competitors by shaping a supply chain resilience strategy focused on disruption avoidance and being better placed to manage and take advantage of disruptions.
Resilient Supply Chains
Attracting and Engaging Talent
Technology: Artificial Intelligence led progress
Recent findings from Research and Marketsproject that global AI adoption in procurement and supply chain management will hit $1.3 billion by 2024.
According to SAP,AI-powered supply chain solutions can provide deep procedural and operational insights.
Diversification up and down stream is important in building resilience in supply chains. Onshoring, Flexible Logistics Networks, skilled human resources and effective technological systems are vital in implementing effective resiliency in the supply chain.
Automation of processes, focus on learning and development with a view to enhancing productivity and improving engagement in the workplace is the goal of leading supply chain executives.
Recruiting, retaining and developing top talent facilitates ease in adoption of automation consequent to ease of skills acquisition.