What would Simon Terry say about Supply Chain Visibility in 2023?
In 2010, I saw a presentation (see slide excerpts below) by Simon Terry – who at the time worked at IBM and is now the CEO at 4C Associates.
At first glance, I thought I was looking at current-day 2023 statistics – not 2010. It made me think of the following questions:
1. To what degree has our visibility into our supply chains improved – for example, regarding Scope 3 emissions reporting, we now realize our lack of insight into Tier 2 and 3 suppliers.
2. Are we doing enough now to make the necessary progress to achieve better visibility and improve the numbers in the PowerPoint slide deck below?
Here are two additional article links regarding visibility:
KPMG – The supply chain trends shaking up 2023 – https://bit.ly/3RoFgn0
Bringoz – What is Supply Chain Visibility in 2023 – https://bit.ly/3PNR5C3
What is our next most important step regarding improved supplier visibility?
Note: View the entire presentation below:
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Donovan, Gordon
September 21, 2023
Hey Jon Hope all is well The second link is the same as the first – ie they take you to the KPMG
Its interesting about visibility, in the recent Economist Impact report, it identified visibility as the top area of organisational risk that C suite want procurement to focus on. So it is rising in rest of c suites visibility, of the visibility problem (sorry for the pun)
Really good interos report showing that there has been some progress when compared against previous, however still a long long way to go
Cheers! Gordon
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piblogger
September 22, 2023
Thank you, Gordon.
I caught the error after it was posted, but did provide the correct link in the updated version.
Regarding visibility, I completely agree that we still do have a long way to go. My thinking is that I do not think it is a technology issue anymore, but a governance and data management issue. In short, the tech is capable, but we have to catch-up with said capability.
Thoughts?
Donovan, Gordon
September 25, 2023
Hey Jon, I dont disagree, i think the issue is that we are trying to do everything ourselves, rather than getting buy in throughout the supply chain, if the buying org aims for tier 1 and tier 2, and then works with the tier supplier to do the same (and so on) quickly you will build up a picture. The major sticking point then is how do you build the relationships throughout the supply chain of trust that you are not suing this info for nefarious purposes.
Gordon Donovan FCIPS MSc
Global Vice President Research, Procurement & External Workforce
T +61398627411, M +61 439385502, E g.donovan@sap.com
piblogger
September 25, 2023
I think you have hit on a couple of key points, Gordon.
1. Buyer – Supplier relationships, e.g., collaboration are not what they are supposed to be.
2. Good Buyer-Supplier relationships are an extension of the effectiveness of collaboration between buyer-side stakeholders internally.
In short, if you do not have strong internal stakeholder collaboration, it is unlikely you will have good collaborative relationships with external stakeholders.
Thoughts, Gordon?