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Having access to customer data” is seen by supply chain executives as their biggest supply chain optimization challenge, according to the results of a survey released today by ICRON

I have been working with supply chain companies for nearly two decades, and time and time again I see the same issue: companies are struggling to achieve integration of not only their technology, data, and plans, but also their people and processes.

Supply chain executives view Integrated Business Planning (IBP) as their most challenging supply chain dynamic, according to the results of a survey released today by ICRON, a leading provider of Optimized Decision Making and Supply Chain Optimization software solutions.

Over the past decade, supply chain and information technology organizations have invested extensively in data collection and storage systems and schemes and have made great strides in terms of their data maturity.

These days, companies across almost every industry are looking for ways to optimize their operations – to do more with less, to do things more intelligently, and continuously improve their processes.

Outside of my business career, I’m an avid and accomplished competitive glider pilot. I am very serious about the sport of gliding, and have competed at the highest levels in the Dutch National circuit. As with many activities in life, I think it is possible to draw some interesting parallels between competitive gliding and business operations and extract some important lessons from the former, which we can apply to the latter.

86% of executives think that their company needs more data, according to a survey by ICRON

The Industry 4.0 era is upon us, and manufacturing companies around the globe are increasingly embracing automation and data exchange and implementing new technologies including cyber-physical systems, internet of things (IoT) devices, cloud computing, artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, robotics, and advanced data analytics.

72% of business decisions are impacted by data, according to the results of a survey conducted by ICRON

While the “personal drone” is still in its very early experimental stages, companies in the supply chain in general and in the logistics industry in particular have already been using drones for many years.