Source: Gartner Predicts 2023: Supply Chain Technology, 28 November 2022, Dwight Klappich, Christian Titze

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Global supply chains are under immense pressure to adjust their technology investments due to rising complexity and volatility. Supply chain leaders no longer see technology as a nice-to-have. Instead, they agree that technology is a determining factor that transforms organizations for the better and helps them gain a competitive advantage. According to Gartner research, nearly 33% of supply chain leaders believe that technology is critical to the success and growth of the business.

However, organizations are not short on challenges. Gartner finds that labor constraints, decision-making speed and quality along with network complexity are top drivers for investment in technology in 2023. With this top of mind, organizations need to put strategic short-term planning in place, driven by real-time decision-making, leveraging data and analytics to make their investments pay off.

Resiliency is a key strategy along with agility and responsiveness to overcome the widespread disruption, organizations need to deploy technologies that support these needs and more, to future-proof their supply chains.

With technology ever evolving regardless of the current market conditions, Gartner predicts that by 2026, over 65% of supply chain planning decisions made in the short-term horizon will be automated or autonomous.

Download the Gartner report to discover:

• 5 key factors motivating supply chain technology investments
• Focus areas for emerging technology investments
• Strategic planning assumptions and predictions
• How to identify future supply chain risks and opportunities