IT BUDGETS
“ THE ABILITY TO REDUCE COSTS STEMS FROM ORGANISATIONS ’ ABILITY TO UNDERSTAND WHAT CONTROLS AND OPTIMISATIONS THEY CAN PUT IN PLACE ”
SIMON WILSON CHIEF TECHNOLOGY OFFICER , ARUBA UK & I
“ Measures supply chain leaders hope to take include reusing materials , embracing the circular economy and designing new services based on renewable energy ,” says Nick Mitchell , vice president and country manager , UK & I , Celonis .
“ Technology will be key to implementing these changes , with more than half of CSCOs ( 55 %) saying that they hoped to use realtime monitoring on environmental sustainability , and more than two-thirds ( 67 %) saying that they hoped to use data to enhance sustainability initiatives .
Looking to the future , Mitchell suggests most CSCOs believe that hybrid cloud will be important to enabling the digital transformation of supply chains and , as such , are already embracing technologies like AI-enabled real-time inventory management , as well as process and task mining to build smarter , more resilient supply chains .
“ Sustainability will absolutely remain a key concern for supply chain leaders ,” he concludes . technologymagazine . com 149