Coming Soon: The Supply Chain Control Tower

In this era of information overload, companies can’t seem to get enough business intelligence to satisfy their needs. To meet that insatiable demand, supply chain software developers are coming up with new ways to equip users not only with supply chain execution capabilities, but also with the key performance indicators (KPIs) and data analytics that they need for smart decision making.

Bob Ferrari, managing director at The Ferrari Consulting Research Group in Boston, uses the term Supply Chain Control Tower to describe this new trend toward a more holistic, information-centric software approach. Just like an airport control tower would factor ground maintenance issues, unplanned...

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