What are the top 10 challenges faced by today’s B2B Supply Chain and Distribution professionals? A Q1 2016 survey of 213 professionals across North America, conducted in conjunction with IBM, Supply Chain Management Review and Modern Distribution Management, revealed the following results:
- Workforce productivity/Labor management
- Ability to process more orders, faster
- Managing order fulfillment costs
- Implementing and better utilizing technology related to distribution and fulfillment
- Inventory visibility across all locations (including in-transit inventory)
- Managing production, distribution and fulfillment for multiple products/brands
- Complex order configuration and/or pricing and quoting
- Coordinating activities across various divisions/disparate facilities/Handling the complexities of order management processes
- Inventory allocation across supply chain partners
- Single view of all orders from all sources (online, EDI, fax, etc.)