As global supply chains grow in complexity, companies worldwide increasingly recognize the importance of managing risk and proactively identifying and addressing the issues that are critical for ensuring resilient and effective business operations.
This briefing provides a firsthand view of how supply chain leaders in the technology industry, including Dell, Intel, Microsoft, and Sage, have worked to incorporate sustainability into their supply chains. Through our interviews with these organizations and two additional technology companies, we identified the main barriers they face and the solutions that they and other companies have implemented to drive change and achieve success.
The five areas that present the greatest barriers to improving the sustainability of supply chains are:
- Keeping pace with regulatory requirements
- Navigating the rising pressure of stakeholder demands
- Tackling the shortage of skilled supply chain professionals
- Overcoming supplier maturity and capability challenges
- Eliminating waste and reducing water consumption
Organizations can forge a path toward greater sustainability and resilience by recognizing and addressing these challenges and implementing solutions such as increased transparency, training, and collaboration across the supply chain, as a more resilient and sustainable supply chain is also a more profitable supply chain.
Learn more about each of these five barriers in the briefing, where we explore recent developments, expert insight, and recommendations from and for supply chain leaders to drive change and achieve success.
