Changing business requirements and markets require efficient supply chain management, making the resulting competitiveness and flexibility more important. Customers are demanding more flexibility, easier access to availability information, greater speed and personalized products. To provide this information, greater emphasis is being placed on supply chain planning capabilities that enable visibility throughout the supply chain and the ability to respond quickly to changing customer demands in a cost-competitive manner.

Technology alone is not enough for supply chain planning, which is essential for achieving the best levels of performance worldwide. The focus must be on the planning process and how technology supports it, and the organizational components of the solution - organizational structure, capabilities and performance metrics - must be considered to achieve and sustain the benefits.

The critical business issues we consider at Believe Academy include the following:

- Managing complexity in the supply chain

- Improving visibility throughout the supply chain

- Improving the responsiveness of the supply chain

- Increasing the efficiency of resources through optimization