Category: Supply Chain Management
Supply Chain Management market research reports by IDC
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Tariff Disruption: Strategic Financial Leadership in an Era of Trade Volatility
This IDC Perspective discusses how, in an era of trade volatility, tariffs have become significant disruptors for CFOs, impacting costs, margins, and supply chains. Finance leaders must adopt proactive strategies, leveraging technology for agile forecasting, scenario planning, and compliance. AI and ... Read More
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Navigating the Tariff Terrain: A CFO's Guide to Strategic Resilience — A Resource for Finance Leaders Facing Global Economic Uncertainty
This IDC Perspective equips CFOs to combat market uncertainty, particularly rising tariffs, using a strategic battle card framework. It outlines phased actions, emphasizes financial resilience, supply chain agility, and proactive communication, illustrated with a generic manufacturing example, to na ... Read More
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Reshaping Intercompany Transactions in the Era of Trade Barriers
This IDC Perspective discusses the high stakes and increasing scrutiny around intercompany transactions, highlighted by cases like the IRS’ dispute with Coca-Cola. This scrutiny on intercompany transactions underscores the need for robust systems, governance, and documentation in and outside the Uni ... Read More
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Just How Intelligent Are We Getting?: The Growing Role of Decision Intelligence in Supply Chain Planning
This IDC Perspective explores the growing role of decision intelligence in supply chain planning and a non-exhaustive list of vendors noted in IDC's Market Glance that have focused in this space. A growing list of vendors has been developing advanced decision intelligence capabilities to the point t ... Read More
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NRF 2025 Supply Chain Top Takeaways
This IDC Perspective analyzes the proceedings at the NRF 2025 Supply Chain conference and highlights the pervasive role of AI, particularly GenAI and agentic AI, in optimizing retail supply chains, improving decision-making, and better serving the end consumer. Key takeaways include the integration ... Read More
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Moving the Goalposts: NRF 2025 Introduces Change
This IDC Perspective reviews the National Retail Federation’s (NRF’s) Big Show and Expo 2025, looking at the rapid changes and introduction of AI/ML and generative AI and how they play a part in retail technology and experience. The synopsis of the event is in line with the most important factors th ... Read More
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AI-Powered Retail — Central Retail Corporation's Approach to Personalization, Efficiency, and Growth
This IDC case study explores how Central Retail Corporation (CRC) is using AI and digital partnerships to scale innovation while maintaining operational efficiency. By implementing an AI-powered customer data platform, hyper-personalization strategies, and application programming interface (API)–dri ... Read More
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U.S. and EU Trade Policy Developments Around Chinese Imports: Implications for B2B Order Management and Fulfillment
This IDC Perspective examines the evolving nature of trade policies in the U.S. and EU regarding Chinese imports, and their implications for B2B ecommerce fulfillment. It highlights how changes to de minimis exemptions and increased attention on Chinese imports are contributing to a shift toward bul ... Read More
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The Unified Content Model: Rethinking the Content Supply Chain in the Era of Agentic AI
This IDC Perspective on the Unified Content Model (UCM) 2025 updates a model originally developed in 2022, highlighting the integration of generative AI (GenAI) into a modern content management approach. The Unified Content Model orchestrates content supply chains, enhancing operational efficiency a ... Read More
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Accelerating Digital Transformation to Mitigate Risk and Achieve Resilience in Retail and Consumer Goods Supply Chains
This IDC Perspective highlights the critical need for digital transformation in retail and consumer goods supply chains to mitigate risk and achieve resilience. Retailers and other consumer-focused businesses require an open, digital environment to ensure that product, asset, and customer data is co ... Read More
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The Automation Imperative, Extending Supply Chain Capabilities and Augmenting the Logistics Workforce
This IDC Perspective explores how automation can enhance logistics execution and supply chain intelligence to boost productivity, reduce costs, improve serviceability, and advance sustainability. With a workforce under constant strain, logistics leaders are focusing on technologies like IoT, cloud c ... Read More
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Securing Closed Source and SaaS Apps in the Enterprise Software Supply Chain
This IDC Perspective offers guidance on why software supply chain security protections must extend to closed source and SaaS applications as well as open source code. Third-party closed source applications and SaaS apps often feature prominently alongside open source code in enterprise software supp ... Read More
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U.S.-China Trade Relations Shaping Future eCommerce Fulfillment: Policy Changes, Potential Impacts Explained
U.S.-China Trade Relations Shaping Future eCommerce Fulfillment: Policy Changes, Potential Impacts Explained This IDC Perspective examines how IDC is adjusting its market projection for growth within the order management system (OMS) software market and explains the analyst's rationale for this chan ... Read More
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IDC MaturityScape Benchmark: Digital Supply Chain Resiliency in North America, 2025
IDC MaturityScape Benchmark: Digital Supply Chain Resiliency in North America, 2025 This IDC study presents the results of IDC’s 2024 Digital Supply Chain Resiliency 2.0 MaturityScape Benchmark Survey and should be viewed as a supplement to IDC MaturityScape: Digital Supply Chain Resiliency 2.0 (IDC ... Read More
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Retail Sustainability Management: Leveraging Data for Action
Retail Sustainability Management: Leveraging Data for Action This IDC Perspective highlights the importance of retail sustainability management and the usage of data for action. Retailers are increasingly integrating sustainability into their core strategies, driven by consumer demand, regulatory p ... Read More
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Worldwide Supply Chain Planning Applications Forecast, 2024–2028
Worldwide Supply Chain Planning Applications Forecast, 2024–2028 This IDC study discusses the forecast for the worldwide supply chain planning applications market. This market is expected to see good growth through 2028 as organizations look to better optimize their supply chain operations for effic ... Read More
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Are We Achieving the Vision of N-Tier Visibility?
Are We Achieving the Vision of N-Tier Visibility? This IDC Perspective shares an overview of how visibility continues to be a top-level priority in supply chains. Emerging technologies, a desire for continuous optimization, a need for regulatory compliance, and the search for improved efficiencies a ... Read More
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Worldwide Supply Chain Warehousing and Inventory Management Applications Software Forecast, 2024–2028
Worldwide Supply Chain Warehousing and Inventory Management Applications Software Forecast, 2024–2028 This IDC study discusses the forecast for the worldwide supply chain warehousing and inventory management applications software market. This market is expected to see good growth through 2028 as or ... Read More
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Worldwide Supply Chain Logistics and Transportation Management Applications Software Forecast, 2024–2028
Worldwide Supply Chain Logistics and Transportation Management Applications Software Forecast, 2024–2028 This IDC study discusses the forecast for the worldwide supply chain logistics and transportation management applications software market. Off good performance in 2023, this market is expected to ... Read More
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Worldwide Supply Chain Integrated Planning Applications Market Shares, 2023: Orchestration Extended
Worldwide Supply Chain Integrated Planning Applications Market Shares, 2023: Orchestration Extended This IDC study provides worldwide market shares for supply chain integrated planning applications. This market grew robustly at 10.7% in 2023, paced by continuing investment in public cloud deploymen ... Read More
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Worldwide Supply Chain Management Applications Market Shares, 2023: Maintained Focus
Worldwide Supply Chain Management Applications Market Shares, 2023: Maintained Focus This IDC study provides worldwide market shares for supply chain management applications. This market grew robustly at 9.4% in 2023, paced by continuing investment in public cloud deployments. Growth in the supply c ... Read More
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Worldwide Supply Chain Warehouse and Inventory Management Applications Market Shares, 2023: Warehouse Automation
Worldwide Supply Chain Warehouse and Inventory Management Applications Market Shares, 2023: Warehouse Automation This IDC study provides the worldwide market shares for supply chain warehouse and inventory management applications. This market grew nicely in 2023, paced by accelerating investment in ... Read More
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IDC Future Enterprise Special Award for Digital Resiliency: Shandong Zhong'an New Energy Technology Partners with Inspur Industrial Innovation to Deliver Supply Chain Transformation
IDC Future Enterprise Special Award for Digital Resiliency: Shandong Zhong'an New Energy Technology Partners with Inspur Industrial Innovation to Deliver Supply Chain Transformation This IDC study defines digital resiliency as an organization's capability to rapidly adapt to disruptions by leveragin ... Read More
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Worldwide Supply Chain Transportation and Logistics Applications Market Shares, 2023: Transportation and Logistics Management
Worldwide Supply Chain Transportation and Logistics Applications Market Shares, 2023: Transportation and Logistics Management This IDC study provides the worldwide market shares for supply chain transportation and logistics applications. This market grew nicely in 2023, paced by accelerating investm ... Read More
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The Supply Chain Redefined: Principal Areas for More Efficient Management
The Supply Chain Redefined: Principal Areas for More Efficient Management This IDC Perspective emphasizes the need for supply chain resiliency, highlighting the importance of transparency, cargo safety, and cybersecurity amidst global disruptions. It discusses the impact of geopolitical instabilitie ... Read More