Making supply chain investments such as factory capacity and inventory from historical performance rather than an understanding of future trends can spell disaster.

A Gartner survey found that 70% of respondents don’t look beyond three years when developing a vision for their digital supply chain roadmaps. And who can blame them when uncertainty and unpredictability are the norms. 

How do you plan for a cloudy future – where even which technologies will emerge as critical to an organisation’s business is unclear?

In this PodChats for FutureCIO, Alessandro Piscini, founder and Co-CEO, CREA, shares his perspectives on the developing trends around the digital supply chain for retailers and e-commerce.

1.       It is 2022, how has the supply chain ecosystem changed since the start of the pandemic till today? 

2.       When viewed end-to-end, how have supply chain participants – manufacturers, logistics and warehousing, retailers, and consumers – responded to the pandemic? 

3.       3 years into the pandemic, we continue to see disruptions in the supply chain. Why is that?

4.        For CIOs and heads of technology, how should they re-architect their technology strategy and roadmap to reflect the continuing uncertainties, geopolitical volatility and emerging technologies, to enhance business resilience?

5.       Focusing on IT specifically, what are three key challenges facing CIOs in their quest to enhance business/operational resilience?

7.       What do you recommend CIOs and members of the C-suite take to solve these challenges?