Integrated Supply Chain Management Services

To keep up with slimming margins, increasing competition, and a decreasing amount of differentiation between brands, more and more companies are integrating their supply chains. Understanding how and why is the most important part of competing in our globalized marketplace. Integrated supply chains:

Allow for organizations to compete better on cost, by eliminating wasted time and materials, and having fewer middlemen.

Enable organizations to shorten their product life cycles, by having fewer links in the supply chain from back to front, and tighter coordination between delivery, warehousing, and transportation.

Allow organizations to respond faster to changes in the market, and stake claims to new markets for an early advantage.

This article will cover horizontal and vertical supply chain integration, supply chain challenges and how integration addresses them, how to integrate successfully, and experts insight on the future landscape of supply chain integration. It will also include resources and tools for planning out your own supply chain integration, and a glossary of the terms you’ll need to know