View the video of the webinar: http://go.onenetwork.com/ctw1 Supply Chain Control Towers are frequently touted as the solution to complexity in today's supply chains. What exactly is a "control tower"? What can they do? What can't they do? Two supply chain experts examine the concept and dissect supply chain control towers. This is a preview of the Control Towers Webinar, full presentation here: http://go.onenetwork.com/ctw1

1. SUPPLY CHAIN CONTROL TOWERS
Separating Fact from Fiction
A WEBINAR PREVIEW
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2. What You Will Learn
 Top challenges for today’s supply chain
executives
 The heart of the problem: complexity
 What is a control tower?
 Five critical facts about traditional control
towers and the five best practices for
demand-driven value networks (DDVN)
 Questions? Send via “chat” function
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3. What are Today’s Executives Worried About?
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Supply chain complexity is a growing operational
challenge for more than 85% of supply chain
executives.*
Only 27% of companies say they know their total
costs.**
The average global manufacturer has roughly 150
systems in place, making integration, coordination,
and synchronization a nightmare.**
63% of executives surveyed were highly concerned
about risks within the extended supply chain (their
vendors and customers.)*
By 2016, less than 20% of companies will be able to
provide end-to-end supply chain visibility.***
*Deloitte Consulting
**SupplyChainBrain
***Gartner Research, 2012
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Complexity is a Problem
Yes
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4. The Root of the Problem
Overwhelming Complexity as a Result of
Outsourcing/Globalization
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Increasing demand/supply variability
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Increasing system lead times
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Hundreds of asynchronous enterprise systems
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Typically managing only within 4 walls
Thousands of trading partners
Millions of inventory locations
Big data
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Disconnect between planning and operations
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Disconnect between multiple parties – internal
and external
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The end result
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Cannot see problems until too late
Once problem identified, too slow to react

5. Today’s Complex Extended Supply Chain
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6. Next Up: Exactly What Is a Supply Chain Control Tower?
 There have been a
number of definitions of
“control towers”
offered, we’ll look at
two, Gartner’s definition
and Ryder’s more
operational definition
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7. There’s Much More. Register for the Webinar Wed 10/30/2013
http://go.onenetwork.com/ctw1
Grab a seat for the webinar Wed 10/30/2013:
http://go.onenetwork.com/ctw1
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