COMPANY OVERVIEW
Our company, our business, our constituencies
We provide our constituencies with insights on how to better manage supply chains using software.
MISSION
Why we exist
To improve the fortunes of companies, economies, and societies by accelerating the creation and adoption of next generation supply chain management software
What we stand for
VALUES
Openness, honesty, integrity, humility, passion
VISION
What we want to be
An agent that accelerates new thinking in supply chain management software, thereby accelerating improvement in business and society. It is our hope that software companies and practitioners will leverage our research, analysis, and services to move faster to new technologies and approaches.
STRATEGY
How we intend to get there
Objective – acceleration of the pace of improvement in supply chains
Scope – software, supply chain management, and retail operations
Advantage – accessible, focused, quality-over-quantity, value-based, 30-year focus. An open, sharing philosophy that benefits all industry constituents.
Beyond the current quarter.
Beyond our department.
Beyond our silo.
Beyond our enterprise.
Beyond our borders.
Beyond our world.
THINK BEYOND.
EXECUTE SMARTER.
Smarter customers.
Smarter assets.
Smarter connections.
Smarter software.
Smarter associates.
Smarter alignment.
Smarter investment.
Smarter future.
OUR CONSTITUENCIES
SOFTWARE COMPANIES
INVESTORS
PRACTITIONERS
(manufacturers, distributors, retailers)
ANALYSTS
INDUSTRY ASSOCIATIONS, UNIVERSITIES
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What strategies should software companies pursue, based on their lifecycle and competitive position? How do we move the industry forward faster?
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