Manufacturing companies with high-performing supply chains are more likely than their underperforming peers to make extensive use of supply chain-focused business intelligence tools, according to a recent survey by the Aberdeen Group.
The study, based on a survey of 209 companies, found that 51% of manufacturers with high-performing supply chains use internal supply chain performance dashboards and 55% use external supply chain performance scorecards. In contract, Aberdeen found that, among companies with lowest-performing supply chains, only 30% use internally focused performance scorecards, and only 22% use externally focused performance scorecards.
At the same time, according to the study, while 51% of companies with high-performing supply chains use analytics such as statistical analysis, trending, and root cause analysis tools, only 19 of the companies with lowest-performing supply chains do so.
And, while 36% of companies with high-performing supply chains do supply chain modeling for what-if analysis and network design, only 7% of the companies with lowest-performing supply chains do so.