1.
Reporting
Real-time Alerts
and Updates
Supplier System
Integration
Big Data
Analytics
Logistics
Collaborative
Platforms
Automated or Semi-
Automated Workflow
Risk
Management
Cloud Applications and
Infrastructure Orchestration
01 06
02 07
03 08
04 09
05 10
What business outcomes are
these technologies driving?
Top 10 Technologies Optimizing
Today’s Supply Chains
The technologies most important
to the factory of the future:
In the last five years, companies
have made progress with supply
chain technology:
Ongoing
Cost
Reduction
Improved Internal
and External
Collaboration
Flexibility to
Respond to
Demand Changes
Increased
Visibility and
Transparency
Lowered
Supply Chain
Risk
Improved
Customer
Experiences
Decreased Time-
to-Market for
New Product
Technology Adoption
in Supply Chains
New Technologies
Expected to Grow
Dramatically
Challenges Prompting
New Technology Adoption
Increased Manufacturing
Automation
Robotics
Additive Manufacturing
Big Data Analytics
Industrial Internet of Things
Advanced Materials
Technology
Machine Learning and Artificial
Intelligence
Rapid Prototyping
Modular Assembly
Augmented/Virtual Reality
30%
47%
29%
85%
Don’t Feel Prepared for
Extreme Disruptions
Don’t have real-time updates for
more than half of their supply chain
With real-time data say it’s too
slow to respond quickly
Have challenges hiring and training
people for modern technologies
11%
59%
28%
2%
Dramatic Improvement:
Our Supply Chain has been Reinvented
Significant Improvement:
We’ve Changed Key Things, But Kept a Lot Also
Incremental Improvement:
A Few Changes, But Mostly the Same
No Change
15%
Don’t Have Any Budget Set Aside
for New Technology
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Job Level
Number of Product Lines
Number of Locations Number of Suppliers
Annual Revenue
Survey Demographics
1
3
4 5
2
3%
Consultant
44%
Team
Manager
16%
Executive
37%
Individual
Contributor
22%
More than
50
9%
More than
10,000
20%
21-50
26%
1,000-10,000
28%
Less than
10
19%
Under
100
30%
11-20
46%
100-1,000
25%
29%
22%
12%
12%
44%
11-50
18%
51-250
16%
Less than 10
22%
More than 250
$250-$500 million
$500 million-$1 billion
$1-$5 billion
$5-$10 billion
More than $10 billion
What Technologies are Affecting the
MODERN
SUPPLY CHAIN?
As companies strain to keep pace with unprecedented demands, their
supply chains are being pushed to the limit. Strategic implementation
and utilization of emerging technologies can be the competitive
advantage companies are looking to supercharge their supply chains.
How are companies implementing the latest technologies into their
supply chain?
Content based on Jabil’s Supply Chain Trends Survey.