RESEARCH Archives

New Customers Expectations Survey Report

January 27, 2023

The Digital Supply Chain Institute is proud to release pioneering research that provides an execution framework for transforming supply chains to meet the needs and demands of New Customers.
In 2016, DSCI urged supply chain leaders to flip from focusing on the back end of the business to the front side—the customer side. We call this a “Frontside Flip (FSF),” a customer-centric model that integrates supply and demand by breaking down the silos between the supply chain, marketing, product development, and data/IT functions to accelerate the transformation to a digital supply chain.

Digital Supply Chain Performance Metrics

October 26, 2022

The journey to transforming to a digital supply chain has many steps, including new ways to manage Demand, People, Technology, and Risk. Without the right metrics necessary, changes won’t happen.

Driving Demand in the Digital Supply Chain: Algorithms and the Untapped Power of Applying Real-Time Big Data and AI/ML

October 26, 2022

After extensive research and consultation with our DSCI members, Global Expert Group, industry leaders, practitioners, and academics, we developed this white paper to help senior supply chain executives understand the power of Algorithms, Real-time Big Data and AI/ML.

How to Benefit from Blockchain Solutions and Respect GDPR

October 26, 2022

Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technologies (DLT) have emerged as an effective enterprise transformation tool. They provide capabilities beyond traditional databases to share data and manage workflow throughout an enterprise and across its ecosystem of customers, partners and suppliers in a trusted manner without central control.

Blockchain Fitness Index

October 26, 2022

Blockchain is an emerging technology and is predicted to revolutionize Supply Chains by maximizing efficiency, security, and transparency. When it comes to proving the tangible benefits of the blockchain technology, it is still in its early days with not many results on the Proof of concepts and applications.

Accelerating Product Development: A study in Blockchain-enabled Secure DevOps

October 26, 2022

Digital Supply Chain Institute, Aricent partnered with Bitfury, the world’s leading full-service blockchain technology company, to explore how the technology underpinning cryptocurrencies can enhance software product development supply chains. The details of the use case along with the results can be found here.

Blockchain is happening now

October 26, 2022

Blockchain is sometimes referred to as the single biggest thing since the internet. Blockchain might not be that big but it has provided the foundation upon which the entire world of Bitcoin is built. Blockchain is extremely secure, it offers deep visibility, creates trust and reduces the need for paperwork and verification. These Blockchain qualities are what are now getting the attention of DSC owners everywhere.

Algorithm Council: The Missing Management Piece for Today’s Companies

October 26, 2022

Fueled by emerging technologies, including artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) and the Internet of Things (IoT), supply chain leaders across the world are racing to harness this data and build algorithms that can increase their company’s market share, grow revenue, reduce risk and fine-tune operations.

Digital Transformation Talent & Organizational Planning Guide

October 26, 2022

Talent and organizational planning are key drivers of success in leading and implementing a digital supply chain transformation. Given global supply chain disruptions, organizations must consider how these changes impact talent and skills gap issues.

Data-Trading: A New Approach To Maximizing The Value Of Your Data

October 25, 2022

Companies are drowning in data. Yet, one of the major hurdles many companies face in transforming to a Digital Supply Chain is their ability to get precise data from customers and suppliers — and to fully realize the value of the data they have.

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