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Achieving goals through collaboration and visibility

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So far, 2025 has started out as a continuation of the previous year. Factors beyond organizations’ control have taken a toll on their performance on business goals. Many supply chain organizations are looking to overcome obstacles by prioritizing supplier relationships and supply chain visibility this year.

This year, supply chains are facing much of the same disruptions and challenges resulting from factors beyond their control. Fostering more strategic relationships with suppliers and increasing supply chain visibility can aid in overcoming obstacles to success.

The infographic below shows how organizations have fared in achieving business goals, as well as their priorities for 2025.

To learn more about this research, read: Overcoming obstacles and embracing new supply chain priorities


About APQC

APQC (American Productivity & Quality Center) is the world’s foremost authority in benchmarking, best practices, process and performance improvement, and knowledge management (KM). With more than 1,000 member organizations worldwide, APQC provides the information, data, and insights organizations need to support decision-making and develop internal skills. Learn more.

This content includes median values sourced from APQC’s Open Standards Benchmarking database. If you’re interested in having access to the 25th and 75th percentiles or additional metrics, including various peer group cuts, they are either available through a benchmark license or the Benchmarks on Demand tool depending on your organization’s membership type.

APQC's Resource Library content leverages data from multiple sources. The Open Standards Benchmark repository is updated on a nightly cadence, whereas other data sources have differing schedules. To provide as much transparency as possible, APQC will always attempt to provide context for the data included in our content and leverage the most up-to-date data available at the time of publication.

 

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Marisa Brown is senior principal research lead, supply chain management, APQC.

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