Just How Intelligent Are We Getting?: The Growing Role of Decision Intelligence in Supply Chain Planning

This IDC Perspective explores the growing role of decision intelligence in supply chain planning and a non-exhaustive list of vendors noted in IDC's Market Glance that have focused in this space. A growing list of vendors has been developing advanced decision intelligence capabilities to the point the space is worth defining and understanding how it can benefit supply chain performance. From tactical execution to senior leadership in supply chain, the sophisticated level of insights, which can be generated from, and the automation, which can be achieved by decision intelligence, makes this a field worth prioritizing in supply chain capability strategic road maps."Whether partnering with tech suppliers or building in-house, the role of decision intelligence in supply chain planning is growing too robust and too valuable to ignore. Moving from data to analytics to insights and intelligence may be a game changer for supply chains." - Eric Thompson, research director, Worldwide Supply Chain Planning and Management, IDC