As we look ahead to a new year, my prediction is winning businesses will be the heroes of the next decade. I’m not talking about celebrity CEOs—I’m talking about the quietly competent practitioners who will dominate the global supply chain to meet demand whenever and wherever it exists. They will be the heroes because, as global business further develops, it will be in the interest of these winning businesses to solve global problems.
In fact, it is their ability to address these problems as supply chain leaders that will distinguish these companies from their competitors. A stretch? Maybe. But it’s no coincidence that supply chain leaders like Wal-Mart, Home Depot, and Procter & Gamble (each featured on “The AMR Research Supply Chain Top 25 for 2005” performers list) were among the first to meet the needs of the victims of Hurricane Katrina.
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