Surprisingly Supply Chain Visibility Has Many Forms: See Which One Is Best To Be Your Business’ First Focus.
The complexity and interconnectivity of the global market have heightened the importance of supply chain visibility, making it essential for informed business decision-making.
But supply chain visibility is not just some software that you can just buy off-the-shelf.
Further, supply chain visibility isn’t a one-size-fits-all solution. Indeed, it comes in many flavors, with each type of visibility shedding light on different parts of the supply chain puzzle.
So, plugging the gaps in supply chain visibility isn’t as simple as flicking a switch on a new piece of software.
It’s a layered and ever-changing challenge that no single technical solution can solve entirely.
Thus, the journey toward total supply chain visibility is a nonstop process, tackled one IT project at a time.
To truly get ahead, companies need to pinpoint the right tech for each IT initiative that will meet their most critical visibility needs.
Further, this means focusing the project on the right type of supply chain visibility and not going on a tangent.
So in this article, I’ll walk you through the following six kinds of supply chain visibility and how they fit different business requirements.
1.?Transportation Visibility: Find My Stuff.
2.?Capacity Visibility: Identify Choke Points in the Supply Chain.
3.?Shipment Data Analytics Visibility: Measure Performance.
4.?Rates Visibility: Manage Transportation Spend.
5.?Supply Chain Planning Visibility: Prepare for Future Operations.
6.?Strategic Supply Chain Visibility: Innovate And Optimize Processes.
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Mentions in this article: GEP Worldwide, VIZION, NetSuite
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