Supply chain management is a hot topic – and the main reason for this is clear. The marriage of the Internet with powerful applications is allowing companies of all shapes and sizes to add tremendous value to the traditional business process of getting goods through the organisation and out to the customer.

Advanced IT systems enable companies to build an electronic supply chain, which is smarter, faster and more efficient than the old paper chain. We are in a unique position today where technology is able to deliver the long sought after information needs of industry, but industry is still struggling to define these needs in a meaningful way. The key must be to enable managers not only to pre-define information reports, but also to create meaningful real-time alerts and intelligence ‘on-the-fly’.

Why not tell us, if you could have real time and always up-to-date reports and KPI intelligence what would you chose? What would make your life easier? What would make your customers happier? What would make your business more efficient and cost effective?