The 2013 supply chain top 25: learning from leaders

Gartner recently published its 9th annual Supply Chain Top 25, a ranking of the world's leading supply chains. The ranking continues to draw intense interest from practitioners, academics, and publications around the world -- a mark of the growing importance of the supply chain discipline. Their focus in producing this ranking goes beyond excellence to identify leadership in the supply chain, highlighting best practices to help raise the bar for the supply chain profession as a whole. While there are always some exciting new names on the list, there are some common characteristics that separate the best from the rest. This article discusses the insights and trends they've seen this year from the leaders. In its nine years to date, the Supply Chain Top 25 has served as a spark for the global discussion and debate that they believe is essential to help constantly push the envelope of innovation for all of them in the supply chain profession.