Even before congested ports and parts and labor shortages began to snarl supply chains in 2020, companies needed to update their supply-chain technology. They haven’t done themselves any favors by clinging to manual systems and antiquated software, including one widely used application that’s so old the provider will soon stop supporting it.
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WHY IT MATTERS: this chart from McKinsey highlights the high use of spreadsheet for planning and seems to directly link to the type of systems in use (SAP appears bad for people to get the data they need but more modern systems like E2Open do not seem to suffer the same faith). In my experience I use the inventory of excels that people use as a proxy to how good (or bad) the IT systems are.