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Five leading consultants analyse the latest supply chain trends. Interviews and introduction by Pat Sweet.
Web ties up supply chain - Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3
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THE QUESTIONS
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Q1. To what extent will every large corporation need to transform their supply chain over the next three to five years? Is the internet just another new technology in all this, or is its impact more far reaching?
Q2. What is the long-term future for e-marketplaces, and is their character likely to change over time?
Q3. How close are supply chain execution systems to the goal of global product visibilty? Which are the solutions that will support this, and what are the problems organisations encounter?
Q4. How successful are companies at working collaboratively? Are the issues they face in this area largely technical or cultural?
Q5. Are comanies starting to think about after-sames service issues and the knowledge required to supoirt customers who have bought a product? What are the technology implications?
Q6. With the emergence of concepts such as 'value network' and 'demand chain', is the term 'supply chain' relevant any longer?
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It is all change in the supply chain currently, as companies get to grips with new relationships, new opportunities and even a new name for the whole concept.
That is the view of consultants from a wide variety of backgrounds – including IT consultancy Logica, specialist consultancies TRAXit, Total Logistics and Oliver White, and software industry analysts ARC Advisory.
We asked each of the firms the same questions about current trends in e-supply chain issues: the questions are shown in the box below, and their detailed answers appear across the following pages.
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