Report

March 2003

• 68% of supply chain optimization projects overspent.
• Users spend 16.9 million -- 74% more than budgeted.

• Instead of trying to eliminate uncertainty, supply chain managers must learn to manage uncertainty better.
• Enterprises must focus on operational flexibility before investing in more technology.

• i2's investors will sponsor a professional services merger.
• Supply chain bureaucrats stop calling the shots.

• Figure 1.  Firms Overspend On Supply Chain Optimization And Get Weak Results
• Figure 2.  Today’s Supply Chains Versus Tomorrow’s Adaptive Supply Networks
• Figure 3.  How Manufacturers And Distributors Can Become Adaptive
• Figure 4.  Operating Adaptively: The Drum Buffer Rope Methodology
• Figure 5.  Sample Vendors With Sense And Respond Expertise

 

• Vendors And Service Providers Interviewed For This Report
• Related Research

• Electronic kanban.
• What is a supply chain for?
• "We completely disagree with your premise."
• Zero-tolerance BI.