Recent APQC research finds that many organizations are looking for ways to increase the end-to-end effectiveness of their supply chains. Collaboration among supply chain functions can lead to increased productivity, improved cycle times for business processes, and increased innovation.
According to APQC’s 2019 Supply Chain Priorities and Challenges research with 194 organizations, 52% of organizations have made improving cross-functional, end-to-end collaboration their top priority.
The infographic below presents three levels of collaboration organizations can adopt based on their needs and familiarity with collaboration.
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Similarly, Marisa Brown touched on this subject “Supply Chain Planning Priority: Improve cross-functional collaboration and process” in our recent issue of SCMR.
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