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Supply chain management (SCM) encompasses a broad spectrum of processes essential for efficiently orchestrating the entire journey of a product, from sourcing raw materials to crafting the final masterpiece and distributing it economically.

By integrating a series of strategic actions, SCM optimizes the seamless flow of goods, services, information, and costs across crucial stages: planning, sourcing, production, inventory management, and logistics. To gain a competitive edge, companies employ a combination of well-defined supply chain strategies and advanced management software.

The success of supply chain management relies on the collective efforts of all participants involved—ranging from suppliers and manufacturers to every link in the chain—to ensure its seamless operation. Achieving this level of efficiency demands strong change management, cooperation, and risk management, fostering alignment and collaboration among all partners.

In the wake of the pandemic, companies have encountered a myriad of challenges, including manpower constraints, disruptions in supply chain schedules, and evolving regulations on imports and border crossings. In these trying times, digital transformation emerges as a crucial avenue for companies to remain competitive by enhancing customer service and cost efficiencies. As businesses navigate the dynamic landscape, embracing digitalization becomes a pivotal choice for sustained success.

In 2021, Third Stage Consulting Group issued an incredibly substantial report on what modern digital transformation strategy is, about top challenges experienced by transformation executives, top trends, and recommendations. They noticed digital transformation was ‘the force driving a business’.

In 2022, digital transformation also remains the driver for generating business value. While for some companies it is only at the stage of the idea, some huge market players keep benefiting from it already for years.

Just take a look at Amazon. In 2005, Amazon was selling books and performing at a decent operational revenue level. Today, they are bigger than any other retailer in the world. After they implemented a new and pivotal digital e-commerce strategy, the company has gained 1,934% in value and is one of the most successful companies in the world.

In summer 2021, Gartner outlined top supply chain technologies promising to have a positive and valuable impact on the industry and overall performance while also getting people engaged in it. And one of the current trends is the necessity to combine existing solutions to improve ROI and get higher profits.

The statistics below demonstrate the quantity of Facebook users globally that has been exponentially growing over the last five years. This year, the number of customers will reach US$1.69 billion, compared to US$1.34 million in 2014.

Another example is Google, with its 1.5 billion Gmail users. Due to such a colossal flow of users, Facebook and Google have to keep up with it and perform rapidly, allowing millions of people to access their accounts immediately, and use all of the functions available hassle-free. That’s an example of scalability in action.

Most companies necessitating scalable sites will never reach the scale of the modern social media giants or e-commerce industry leaders, but they do need to take into account the possible increase in customers and load. For this purpose, organizations have to be ready to scale their architecture anytime.

In most enterprises, supply chains have evolved over the decades and become more intricate than ever. Each one can potentially produce large amounts of data from various sources available and all types of formats.

Companies have to network with various suppliers, partners, and other third parties to properly run supply chain management (SCM). And since there is a lot of data generated across the entire SC, leaders also need to extract intelligence out of it. Today it is possible thanks to affordable computing power available on a massive scale. In other words, combining Big Data and advanced analytics allows for building different instruments to get essential insights and transform information into business intelligence (BI).

The value of effective global supply chain management is increasing each year, as the logistics industry is finally making a recovery after COVID. In the US, supply chain gains accounted for 8.7% of the entire GDP, and the number is only expected to grow. This percentage shows that people tend to consume more and more. And along with the need to get the deliveries on time, customers seek a seamless and superfast shopping experience.

According to Zendesk, customer-centricity (making your client’s customer journey the priority) earns retail companies 60% more profits, and logistics are a big factor in customer satisfaction. Indeed, companies with high-performing supply chains get more revenues, than the average logistics performers.

With this in mind, leaders have to find out the ways to transform their global supply chain management and to adapt to growing customer mandates.

The financial services market has seen radical technology-led changes over the past few years. Many leaders look to their IT departments to improve performance and promote game-changing innovation – while somehow reducing costs and, at the same time,  continuing to use legacy systems.

“To succeed in this rapidly changing landscape, IT executives will need to agree with the rest of the management team on the posture they wish to adopt. Will they try to be industry leaders, fast followers, or will they just react? Whichever direction they choose, they will need to devise a clear strategy to move forward.” FS Tech 2020 and Beyond: Embracing disruption

Meantime, fintech startups are disrupting the established markets, leading with user-centric solutions developed from scratch and unencumbered by legacy platforms.

Customers have certain expectations and are now necessitating better services, seamless experiences regardless of channel, and more value for their money. Also, regulators demand more from the industry and have started to adopt new technologies that will transform their ability to gather and analyze data. And the pace of drastic change is not even at the peak.

There is no doubt that technology is affecting financial services in multiple ways. The PWC report suggests ten key influencers that IT executives need to address while strategic planning for 2020 and beyond.

Each of these drivers is likely to change financial services companies and their management teams in far-reaching ways. And while each can have a disproportionately strong effect on a given country, customer set, or industry sector, they all present opportunities for the thinking executive to go ahead.

Knowing a robotics era is coming, for example, you have a choice: to harness the innovation, or to see others benefit from a global shift. The section below sets up challenges around these ten influencers: to know them, get ready for them, and see how to employ them to get a competitive advantage.

The bids are high, so both businesses and software development providers need to carefully plan their interaction. We at Innovecs have collected best practices for business owners and tech leads so that they can team up with IT vendors with ease and complete projects successfully. Here is what you will discover inside:

Machine learning (ML) is called a new logistic trend for a reason. It has a wide range of capacities to address major supply chain issues. The technology is able to revive inefficient data handling methods used by supply chain management systems and reduce business costs. ML can automate processes that used to require a lot of analytical work, making the technology a perfect match for predictive analytics.