Challenges facing Supply Chain Management for Business - March 2017 Analysis and Commentary

BY: PAUL YOUNG CPA, CGADATE: MARCH 18, 2017

Challenges facing Supply Chain Management for Business - March 2017 Analysis and Commentary

• SME – Financial Performance Management (TM1, Cognos Controller and Cognos Disclosure Management, OpenPages, Algorithmics, Cognos Integrated Server, Cognos Command Center and Datawatch)

• Industry Experience• 15+ years in Corporate Reporting, Budget & Forecasting, Costing, Business

Process Management, Internal Audit and Controls, Risk Management, Financial Analysis, Costing

• 11+ years in financial solutions (FOPM, FPM, Risk, Office of the Finance, Risk Management)

• 8+ years teaching Advance Finance, Advance Accounting, Public Finance and Advance Management Information Systems

• Blogger in areas like Finance Analysis, Government policies, market segment

Paul Young - Bio

Class 8 Truck Sales

Trailer Orders

Freight Index

Retail Sales/Inventory

Commodity Price Index

Global Forecast

Business Investment / Technology

Micrologistics

Agenda

Business continue to face both domestic and global challenges

Business continues to struggle with aligning technology with their business operations

Business continues to struggle with managing data analytics as part of the close, consolidate and reporting cycle

Challenges

Source – The Trucker – March 10, 2017

Class 8 Truck Sales / United States

Trailer Orders

The Trucker – March 16, 2017

The Trucker – March 14, 2017

https://www.census.gov/mtis/www/data/pdf/mtis_current.pdf - March 15, 2017

United States – Retail Sales – February 2017

Source – Scotiabank – March 2, 2017

Commodity Index

Source – Scotiabank – March 7, 2017

Global Forecast

Comment:• Slow Growth

continues• Uncertainty with

USA import taxes• Government

deficit/Debt• Business investment

continues to be slow

Source - http://blogs.infor.com/the-informed-distributor/2017/03/todays-technology-investment-will-drive-tomorrows-distribution-business-models.html

Infor.com – March 6, 2017

https://www.exact.com/au/about-exact/news/434-wholesale-of-the-future

What is migrologistics?

IoT - https://www.ibm.com/blogs/internet-of-things/enabling-iot-business-outcomes/

Analytics - http://www-05.ibm.com/uk/forecasting-and-budgeting/2017_Q1_Rolling_Forecast_Seminar_slide_deck3-1.pdf or https://www.ibm.com/analytics/us/en/business/financial-performance-management/

Opportunities for solutions