Many organizations lag investing in better digital supply chain and ecommerce tools
News Many organizations lag investing in better digital supply chain and ecommerce tools
Mark Brohan | Apr 20, 2022 Only 45% of organizations have deployed or invested in new digital technologies such as cloud ERP and B2B ecommerce applications to address supply chain disruptions, says a Syspro survey
Businesses of all types are still roiling from three years of supply chain disruption brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.
But despite ambitions to make digital transformation a top strategic priority, not all companies are making the substantial investment in recent technologies needed to better digitize their supply chain or use B2B ecommerce tools to sell more effectively to digital-first customers, according to new research from Syspro, a developer of enterprise resource planning (ERP) and related business systems applications.
Since the pandemic began, 70% of businesses have experienced material handling and supply chain disruptions and 60% of organizations businesses were (or still are) unable to have ongoing engagement with customers and suppliers, according to the Syspro survey of 167 organizations from the US, Canada, Europe, Middle East, and Africa” (EMEA), and Asia-Pacific (APAC).
But only 45% of organizations have deployed or invested in new digital technologies such as cloud ERP and B2B ecommerce applications to address supply chain disruptions and only 44% of companies have allowed manufacturers to effectively collaborate with external suppliers and customers.
“The reality is that without real-time collaboration with suppliers and customers, long-term revenue growth has been compromised,” the Syspro survey says. “While the improvement of internal operational efficiencies is vital for any business, the question is whether the knock-on effect of supply chain disruptions will inhibit long term growth.”
The survey also finds that in certain industries such as automotive parts investment in key technologies that enable digital transformation such ecommerce systems and the Internet of things (IoT). For example, […]
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