What’s Your Supply Chain Priority?

This is an excerpt of the original article. It was written for the December 2014 edition of Supply Chain Management Review. The full article is available to current subscribers.

December 2014

By the time you receive your copy of the December issue of SCMR, the holiday rush should be ready to peak and taper off as we all look forward to the year ahead. This issue can help readers prepare in several important ways. This issue also brings you our annual Executive Guide to Supply Chain Resources. This is a comprehensive guide to services, products, and educational opportunities targeted to supply chain professionals. The editors at SCMR wish all of our readers a successful year to come. We hope that the information and insights in this issue will play a part in that success.

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We all know the best performing supply chains and what they have done to reach the top rungs in their industries. After all, SCMR publishes Gartner’s annual Supply Chain Top 25 every September. But as with winning sports teams, no supply chain can rest on its laurels. The day after winning the Super Bowl, the World Series, or the Final Four, the best coaches begin preparing for the season ahead. So it is with supply chains: The best run organizations are constantly looking for the areas in which they have room for improvement, as well as the innovations that may put further distance between them and the rest of the pack.

So, what are the priorities for the coming year for supply chain leaders? That’s a question we put to supply chain executives at four companies on this year’s Supply Chain Top 25: Unilever (No. 4), P&G (No. 5), Cisco (No. 7), and Intel (No. 8).

The initiatives they have put at the top of their To Do lists for 2015 are diverse and reflect the broad umbrella that covers supply chain management. They may also provide food for thought for your own organization.

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