Resilience through agility: Supply chain decision-making in a volatile world

Despite recent advances in logistics, cost efficiency and the volume of data available to buyers, procurement organisations must leverage these advances wisely – and swiftly – to survive in a uniquely challenging supply chain environment.

The risk of supply chain disruption extends beyond simple physical interruption or cost: consumer behaviour is more dynamic now, and in an era of heightened sensitivity over human rights, modern slavery and the climate emergency, the potential reputational harm that can lurk within a poorly managed supply chain cannot be overstated.

Against this backdrop, it is little surprise that supply chain visibility is an increasingly important issue for businesses, which have access to unprecedented levels of supply chain data.

Download this Procurement Leaders whitepaper, published in partnership with Achilles, to access insights into the following areas:

• The importance of in-depth supplier profiling to making better-informed decisions
• How technology can help functions unlock the benefits of a unified, data-driven approach to supplier management
• How one energy company leveraged supplier data to mitigate numerous ESG risks