Maximizing Business Value Through Supply Chain ‘Orchestration’

In response to an evolving business landscape, 90% of supply chains are currently reorganizing, or plan to do so in the near future, according to Gartner. This represents a major opportunity to completely rethink operations and move away from the siloed “leg-by-leg” model to an end-to-end, or “orchestrated,” approach to supply chain management.

Traditionally supply chains have been managed tactically, with each stage operating relatively independently. Most businesses today are at a point where they’ve optimized the individual aspects of their operations, such as warehousing, transport and secondary transport, but few take a holistic view of these functions working together.

When the different parts of a supply chain are managed in this way, the emphasis tends to b…