AMR Research: Industrial supply chains: Developing talent and improving business processes go hand in hand

A recent study by AMR Research commissioned by the Supply Chain Council identifies the potential talent gaps industrial-driven organizations will need to address as they look to 2010. The study showed a lack of sufficient and trained supply chain talent. Industry or academia alone cannot solve the issue of establishing the functional standards or creating key cross-university partnerships focused on teaching critical supply chain skills. The top four talent gaps align with the processes organizations struggle to get right.

• Sourcing is not treated as a strategic process
• Initiatives fail if they don’t take into account the different supply chains within a business
• High performance delivery suffers when functions are sub-optimized within silos
• New product launches fail if internal and external processes and parties aren’t aligned

How is your company prepared to close these gaps, and what are the common barriers to success?

Read the study:

AMR Research: Industrial supply chains: Developing talent and improving business processes go hand in hand  (347KB)

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