Category: Supply Chain Management
Supply Chain Management market research reports by IDC
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The Supply Chain Redefined: Principal Areas for More Efficient Management
The Supply Chain Redefined: Principal Areas for More Efficient Management This IDC Perspective emphasizes the need for supply chain resiliency, highlighting the importance of transparency, cargo safety, and cybersecurity amidst global disruptions. It discusses the impact of geopolitical instabilitie ... Read More
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IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Supply Chain 2025 Predictions
IDC FutureScape: Worldwide Supply Chain 2025 Predictions This IDC study provides the 2025 top 10 predictions for supply chain.According to Travis Eide, research director, Transportation, Logistics, and Global Trade at IDC, "Supply chains continue to experience the ebb and flow of supply chain conti ... Read More
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End-to-End Automation and the Digitalization of Supply Chain Operations: Key Takeaways from Körber’s Elevate EMEA 2024
End-to-End Automation and the Digitalization of Supply Chain Operations: Key Takeaways from Körber’s Elevate EMEA 2024 This IDC Market Note examines Körber Supply Chain Software’s partner and customer community event, Elevate EMEA 2024, held in Brussels in September. The event featured updates on Kö ... Read More
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Navigating Cyberthreats: Strategies to Enhance Supply Chain Resilience
Navigating Cyberthreats: Strategies to Enhance Supply Chain Resilience This IDC Perspective delves into the state of supply chain cybersecurity within the Asia/Pacific region, a crucial hub for global manufacturing and logistics. It explores the region's rapid digital transformation driven by advanc ... Read More
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Blue Yonder ICON: Engineering-Centric Strategy with Unified Supply Chain Vision
Blue Yonder ICON: Engineering-Centric Strategy with Unified Supply Chain Vision This IDC Perspective details key takeaways from Blue Yonder's ICON. Blue Yonder, at its ICON 2024 conference, showcased significant progress toward its vision of a unified, real-time supply chain network, emphasizing an ... Read More
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European Supply Chain Management Applications Forecast, 2024-2028
European Supply Chain Management Applications Forecast, 2024-2028 This IDC Market Forecast analyzes and sizes the European SCM applications market for the 2021-2023 period and forecasts market development between 2024 and 2028. The study segments the SCM applications market by functional market (thr ... Read More
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European Network Consulting and Integrations Services Forecast, 2022–2028: After COVID-19 and the Supply Chain Crisis, Back to Normal and GenAI
European Network Consulting and Integrations Services Forecast, 2022–2028: After COVID-19 and the Supply Chain Crisis, Back to Normal and GenAI This IDC Market Forecast assesses the network consulting and integration services market in Europe in 2023 and forecasts market developments until 2028. Bas ... Read More
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New U.S. CHIPS and Science Act Initiatives Bring More Emphasis on Critical Areas of Semiconductor Supply Chain
New U.S. CHIPS and Science Act Initiatives Bring More Emphasis on Critical Areas of Semiconductor Supply Chain This IDC Market Note discusses the two critical initiatives announced by the Biden-Harris Administration regarding the advancement of the CHIPS and Science Act in the past month. "Overall, ... Read More
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Ecosystem Building Among Sustainability Application Vendors
Ecosystem Building Among Sustainability Application Vendors This IDC Market Perspective discusses ecosystem building among sustainability application vendors. The sustainability software market is witnessing a significant trend of coopetition, where vendors are forming strategic partnerships to enha ... Read More
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Industry Alliances and Tech Innovations: Highlights From Shoptalk Europe 2024
Industry Alliances and Tech Innovations: Highlights From Shoptalk Europe 2024 This IDC Perspective provides IDC Retail Insights' key takeaways from Shoptalk Europe 2024, held in Barcelona, which gathered over 10,000 retail professionals to explore the future of retail. The event emphasized the criti ... Read More
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Mission Critical: Securing Omni-Channel Retail from Supply Chain to Cyberspace and Everything in Between
Mission Critical: Securing Omni-Channel Retail from Supply Chain to Cyberspace and Everything in Between This IDC Perspective discusses the NRF Protect 2024 conference held in June, which highlighted escalating retail security threats from growing loss and fraud threats to supply chain vulnerabiliti ... Read More
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Why Haven't We Achieved Full Process Automation?
Why Haven't We Achieved Full Process Automation? This IDC Perspective looks at full process automation. Supply chains have long sought advancements in automation and optimization. While technologies have gotten us closer to realizing the vision, many still lag. Addressing internal roadblocks, ensuri ... Read More
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The One-Stop Shop Versus Focused Solutions: How Many Platforms Is Too Many?
The One-Stop Shop Versus Focused Solutions: How Many Platforms Is Too Many? This IDC Perspective looks at one-stop shop versus focused solutions. It is clear that composability and, more specifically, the advent of niche/expert technology vendors offer significant opportunity to tailor-make solution ... Read More
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Key Takeaways and Announcements from the RSA Conference for DevSecOps and Software Supply Chain Security
Key Takeaways and Announcements from the RSA Conference for DevSecOps and Software Supply Chain Security This IDC Market Note provides key insights into the proceedings at RSA Conference 2024. The RSA Conference 2024 highlighted the evolving landscape of DevSecOps and software supply chain security. ... Read More
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IDC PlanScape: IoT/RFID for Condition Intelligence in the Perishables Supply Chain
IDC PlanScape: IoT/RFID for Condition Intelligence in the Perishables Supply Chain This IDC PlanScape addresses how Internet of Things (IoT)/Ambient IoT and radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, when combined with connectivity networks that allow transmission of temperature and humidity ... Read More
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NRF 2024 Big Show: Top 5 Retail Supply Chain Takeaways
NRF 2024 Big Show: Top 5 Retail Supply Chain Takeaways This IDC Perspective distills five key supply chain takeaways from the NRF 2024 Big Show, reflecting the retail industry's current priorities and innovations. These focus on:ReturnsProduct life-cycle managementTracking and tracingVisibility acro ... Read More
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IDC MaturityScape: Digital Supply Chain Resiliency 2.0
IDC MaturityScape: Digital Supply Chain Resiliency 2.0 This IDC study describes the IDC MaturityScape for digital supply chain resiliency. It provides a framework for executive leadership and IT and supply chain managers to identify the stages, critical measures, outcomes, and actions required for o ... Read More
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So What Do I Do with All This Visibility? From Seeing to Acting, and the Tool Gaps That Still Exist
So What Do I Do with All This Visibility? From Seeing to Acting, and the Tool Gaps That Still Exist This IDC Perspective highlights the importance of leveraging use cases to assess cross-functional visibility and gaps effectively. Companies have spent years and significant time and investment in vis ... Read More
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Roundup of Recent Federal Guidance and Requirements for Securing the Software Supply Chain
Roundup of Recent Federal Guidance and Requirements for Securing the Software Supply Chain This IDC Market Note discusses the software supply chain security–related actions taken by the U.S. federal government in February and March 2024. Recent directives and initiatives by U.S. federal agencies lik ... Read More
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U.S. Printer and MFP Market Shares, 2023: Economic Uncertainty Weakens Demand Following Supply Chain Recovery
U.S. Printer and MFP Market Shares, 2023: Economic Uncertainty Weakens Demand Following Supply Chain Recovery This IDC study provides vendor market shares for the printer and MFP market for 2023."Print vendors faced a year of mixed blessings in 2023. The year began with pent-up demand as vendors wer ... Read More
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Are We Going in Circles? What's Next in Sustainable Operations?
Are We Going in Circles? What's Next in Sustainable Operations? This IDC Perspective looks at three broad areas of opportunity to operationalize sustainability and then focuses in on reverse logistics, which offers opportunities to find gains in resource efficiency, consumer relationship and insight ... Read More
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IDC PlanScape: Operationalizing Sustainability in the Supply Chain
IDC PlanScape: Operationalizing Sustainability in the Supply Chain This IDC PlanScape endeavors to articulate a journey for the operationalization of sustainability in the supply chain and help companies envision, design, manufacture, and distribute products in full consideration of this principle. ... Read More
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IDC PeerScape: Practices for Real-Time Tracking and Traceability in Business-To-Business Supply Chains
IDC PeerScape: Practices for Real-Time Tracking and Traceability in Business-To-Business Supply Chains This IDC PeerScape examines the role of Internet of Things (IoT) and real-time tracking technologies in refining supply chain management (SCM), highlighting their application from intralogistics to ... Read More
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Operations Priorities in Transportation and Logistics
Operations Priorities in Transportation and Logistics This IDC Market Perspective examines operations priorities in the transportation and logistics industry. "Although not new, the importance of operational efficiency in transportation and logistics may be at an all-time high, driven by inflationar ... Read More
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Navigating the Future: How AI and Internet of Things Are Revolutionizing Fleet Management Systems
Navigating the Future: How AI and Internet of Things Are Revolutionizing Fleet Management Systems This IDC Perspective explores the challenges and opportunities in global fleet management within the transportation and logistics (T&L) industry. It discusses issues, such as rising fuel costs, main ... Read More