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Indeed, digitizing your supply chain requires a thoughtful blueprint that ideally dovetails with your company’s broader digital transformation goals coupled with realistic expectations about what’s currently possible.  \nDo you have an integration strategy?  \nNo matter the size of your budget, a key digitization success factor is a sound integration strategy that folds multiple tools into a single platform to provide an end-to-end view of your value chain. By way of example, Flex Pulse stitches together many point solutions and plugs into hundreds of data sources. Depending on the complexity of your supply chain, however, yours will unlikely need to be as extensive.  \nKeep your objectives in sight  \nBe clear about what you’re trying to achieve by going digital. As the dizzying array of tools and deployment options can challenge even the most seasoned technologist, make sure your investments provide a clear path to moving the needle.  \nThird-party tools are a must  \nYou’ll want to allocate budget to third-party tools and data sources. Without that, there’s no meaningful transparency into your supply base. That said, even if you have visibility into tierone suppliers only, it is a great starting point since it will take a certain level of investment to gain visibility into tier two and beyond.  \nIs supply chain digitization part of your digital transformation strategy?  \nAs businesses are now digitizing their operations holistically as part of a broader digital transformation agenda, be sure to coordinate with other teams. You may find opportunities to piggyback on earmarked investments.  \nBe aware of blind spots  \nAccept that you won’t see everything. Even as you subscribe to many data sources to cover all the domains that matter to you, blind spots will persist. You can certainly try to close them by supplementing additional sources; for example, rather than subscribe to one vendor to understand the financial health of your global partners, consider using multiple vendors that specialize in concentrated regions or countries. This can improve your coverage but realize there’s no panacea forgetting around imperfect information.  \nIt’s noisy out there  \nWe feed our systems mind-boggling volumes of structured and unstructured data hoping to glean some insight to reduce risk exposures. The current reality, however, is that actionable intelligence isn’t so easy to come by. If we can sniff out labor issues with a certain supplier via social media, for instance, getting a leg up on the veracity of self-reported incidents takes resources and time.  \nWith all the rich data at our disposal, there’s often a lot of noise to filter out just to surface a nugget of actionable intelligence. Connecting the dots in a noisy environment takes effort, so don’t expect intelligence to land on your lap.  \nBuild a roadmap  \nSupply chain digitization is an exercise that never ends. You’ll need to develop strategies to advance your digital capabilities by leveraging new tools and processes.","cbCaiqjPsKiyfq0j","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiqjPsKiyfq0j","pdf",449944,8,"English","# Do you have an integration strategy?\n## Keep your objectives in sight\n## Third-party tools are a must\n# Is supply chain digitization part of your digital transformation strategy?\n## Be aware of blind spots\n## It’s noisy out there\n# Build a roadmap","[{\"question\":\"What is the most important success factor for supply chain digitization?\",\"answer\":\"A sound integration strategy is critical, combining multiple tools into a single platform to provide end-to-end visibility of the value chain.\"},{\"question\":\"How should companies set expectations for going digital?\",\"answer\":\"They should clearly define what they aim to achieve, ensure investments have a clear path to impact, and align efforts with broader digital transformation goals and what is realistically possible.\"},{\"question\":\"Why do blind spots and noise still happen even with many data sources?\",\"answer\":\"Even with extensive subscriptions covering relevant domains, blind spots persist, and the data environment can be noisy, requiring time and effort to filter and validate actionable intelligence.\"}]","Success Factors and Setting Expectations | PDF",1789250466]