【BlueYonder】2024供应链高管调查报告

2024 Supply Chain Executive Survey Summary

Core Content

Blue Yonder's 2024 Supply Chain Executive Survey highlights the ongoing challenges and strategic responses of global supply chain teams. The survey, conducted on a global scale with 600 executives from various industries and regions, reveals a strong emphasis on addressing disruptions, cost increases, and sustainability pressures through advanced technology.

Main Challenges

• Supply Chain Disruptions:

  • 84% of respondents reported ongoing and significant supply chain disruptions.
  • Key causes include raw materials shortages (48%), extended delivery times (47%), labor shortages (44%), and lack of transportation capacity (41%).
  • Other contributing factors: extreme weather, route changes, and geopolitical unrest.

• Cost Increases:

  • Rising costs are impacting profit margins, with 46% of respondents noting a decline.
  • U.S. companies are particularly affected, with 60% reporting decreased margins.
  • Transportation (38%), materials (34%), labor (14%), and inventory (8%) are the main cost drivers.

• Sustainability Pressures:

  • Sustainability is a top challenge, with 44% of companies increasing their sustainability initiatives.
  • 47% maintaining their investments, and only 9% decreasing them.
  • Top sustainability focuses: reducing waste (57%), increasing transportation efficiency (55%), improving supplier sustainability (46%), and product design innovations (34%).

Strategic Responses

• Investment in Technology:

  • 79% of companies increased their supply chain investments, with 51% investing over $10 million.
  • U.S. companies show significant growth in this area, with the percentage investing over $10 million rising from 24% in 2022 to 49% in 2024.
  • Advanced technology adoption includes AI (41%), non-AI solutions (25%), and digital transformation (37%).

• AI and Machine Learning Adoption:

  • Over half of organizations (56%) are using AI and ML in supply chain planning, 53% in transportation management, and 50% in order management.
  • 80% of respondents have initiated generative AI projects, with 91% reporting positive outcomes.
  • 86% of respondents plan to increase AI, ML, and generative AI investments in the future.

Future Investment Areas

• Logistics Execution:

  • 49% of respondents plan to invest in transportation management systems (TMS).
  • 41% are looking to add advanced warehouse management systems (WMS).

• Planning Processes:

  • 37% are investing in sales and operation planning / integrated business planning.
  • 37% in sales and execution solutions.
  • 34% in integrated demand and supply planning, and 34% in standalone supply planning software.
  • 32% in standalone demand planning software.

Key Outcomes of Investments

• Improved Efficiencies: 53% of respondents reported this as the top outcome.
• Revenue Growth: 37%
• Increased Market Share: 37%
• Fewer Disruptions: 37%
• Increased Profitability: 29%

Conclusion

Despite the challenges, supply chain teams are increasingly relying on advanced technology to enhance resilience, agility, and profitability. The survey underscores the importance of AI, machine learning, and digital transformation in addressing current and future supply chain needs. Blue Yonder positions itself as a key partner in this transformation, investing $1 billion in innovations over three years to support its clients in achieving their goals.