-- 2.5 times as likely as Industry Average and 31 times as likely as
Laggards to have reduced lead times from international locations
-- 1.6 times as likely as Industry Average and 2.4 times as likely as
Laggards to have reduced inventory levels
-- 2.4 times as likely as Industry Average and 6 times as likely as
Laggards to have reduced inventory carrying costs
"Data quality is one of the key differentiators of Best-in-Class companies
in this study. These leaders exhibit better performance across key supply
chain metrics; they are leveraging the global visibility data to achieve
strategic advantages by performing relevant data analyses and utilizing the
results to help drive their supply chain decisions," says Viktoriya
Sadlovska, a Research Analyst on Global Trade and Financial Supply Chain at
Aberdeen. Best-in-Class companies in this study are 1.5 times as likely as
Industry Average and almost 3 times as likely as Laggards to report that
data received during their event monitoring process are accurate more than
80% of the time.
Best-in-Class companies are twice as likely as Laggards to be currently
using several information technology systems to support global supply chain
visibility and are 55% more likely than all others to be using some kind of
automated visibility data analysis. Best-in-Class companies are:
-- 44% more likely than Industry Average and twice as likely as Laggards
to be tracking actual total landed cost as shipment / order progresses
-- 2.4 times as likely as both Industry Average and Laggards to use
supplier / carrier scorecards using visibility information
-- 2 times as likely as both Industry Average and Laggards to conduct
performance trending and root cause analysis
-- 76% more likely than Industry Average and twice as likely as Laggards
to perform trade lane analysis (e.g., lead time variability)
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