供应链管理_普华永道

PwCSupplyChainManagementAcceleratingCostEffectivenessPricewaterhouseCoopers*SupplyChainManagementThesupplychainusedtobeasimpleserialprocesswithrawmaterialsslowlymovinginonedirectionthroughmanufacturingproductionandonwardviaadistributionsystemtoretailersandcustomers.Today,thetalkisofsupplynetworks,parallelchains,enhancedconcurrentactivities,and“customercentric”withnewinformationplatformsandtechnologysettocutbothinventoryandlead-timesthroughoutthedeliverypipelinefurther.PricewaterhouseCoopers*TopIssuesFacingSCMProfessionalsInarecentquantitativesurvey,SCMprofessionalswereaskedaopen-endedsubjectivequestion,“Whatarethethreebiggestissuesfacingyoupersonallyindevelopingyourlogisticsstrategy?”Source:AMRResearch2000Thetopthreeresponseswere;Cost(21%),SystemsApplications(20%)andIntegration(19%)ThetopthreeresponseswereCost,Systemsapplications