The EIU polled 522 business leaders from 13 countries in February 2017. Forty-eight percent of respondents held C-suite or board positions, and the remaining 52 percent were senior executives and other senior managers.
Here are five survey findings.
- A majority (93 percent) of respondents cited technological innovation as important for supply chain management.
- Nearly half (49 percent) of leaders expect supply chains to be simplified in the next five years.
- One-third of respondents believe supply chains will grow more complex in the same time period.
- Forty-three percent of leaders said they plan to form new supplier relationships in the next year to improve data reliability.
- Respondents cited improved visibility (39 percent) as the greatest need to better manage supply chains, followed by contingency plans for disruptions (36 percent) and managing supplier payments (31 percent).
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