This document discusses 3 tips for improving supply chain predictability. It recommends (1) identifying vulnerable supply chain segments, (2) investing in digital capabilities like data collection and analytics tools, and (3) using data analytics to gain insights into potential disruptions and their impacts. Adopting these tips helps companies gain visibility, responsiveness, and flexibility to navigate uncertainties.

1. 3 Ways To Kickstart Your Supply
Chain Predictability
For brands and retailers

2. OUTLINE
1. What is supply chain predictability?
2. Why is supply chain predictability important?
3. Which factors determine supply chain predictability?
4. 3 tips on how to get started with supply chain predictability.
► Getting ready to go digital
► Supply chain mapping and identifying vulnerablesupply chain segments
► Getting ahead with data analytics
5. Appendix
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3. WHAT IS SUPPLY CHAIN
PREDICTABILITY?
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4. WHAT IS SUPPLY CHAIN PREDICTABILITY
Supply chain predictability allows companies and manufacturersto be fully equipped with data, insights and systematic
flexibility to navigateuncertainties.
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The model of supply chain maturity (1)

5. CHALLENGES WITH SUPPLY CHAIN PREDICTABILITY
Why supply chain managers should steer away from conventionalapproaches:
Traditional supply chain management is linear, and heavily manual.
The impact of risks is extremely disruptiveand magnified with a domino effect.
As historical data on low-probability, high-impact eventsare limited or nonexistent,companies
risk operational stability by following the traditional supply chain model. (2)
In a McKinsey survey of
supply chain executives: 90%
expect to adopt
technologies
for supply chain
planning over
the next five
years.
4/5
expect to or
already use AI
and machine
learning in
planning.
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6. FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO SUPPLY CHAIN PRESSURES
Businesses operating in the world of modern supply chain are affected by the following pressures (3):
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7. FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO SUPPLY CHAIN PRESSURES
Businesses operating in the world of modern supply chain are affected by the following pressures (3):
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8. WHY IS SUPPLY CHAIN
PREDICTABILITY IMPORTANT?
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9. WHY IS SUPPLY CHAIN PREDICTABILITY IMPORTANT?
A survey with 360 senior executives in operations and supply chain management shows (5):
Only 12% of companies are
sufficiently protected against
future disruptions in supply
chains and operations (5)
88% need to build
resilience and predictability
urgently (5)
23% of supply chain leaders
expect to have a digital
ecosystem by 2025, up from
only 1% currently (4)
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10. WHICH FACTORS DETERMINE SUPPLY
CHAIN PREDICTABILITY?
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11. WHICH FACTORS DETERMINE SUPPLY
CHAIN PREDICTABILITY?
Visibility and responsiveness on production line:
having access to real time and accuratedata a multiple levels of
supply chain operation allows all stakeholders to take decisive action
in a timely manner when disruption occur. (6)
*Read more about supply chain visibilityand automation here.
Supply chain predictability depends on three fundamental factors:
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12. WHICH FACTORS DETERMINE SUPPLY
CHAIN PREDICTABILITY?
The level of advanced data analytics:
an efficient and transparentdata collection framework will help
companies to transform the decision-making process. Companies that
are equipped with predictivedata analytics (e.g., using machine
learning algorithms) benefits from greater understanding of customers’
and suppliers’ behavior,product quality management, lead time
management and demand forecasting. (7)
*Read more about supply chain visibilityand automation here.
Supply chain predictability depends on three fundamental factors:
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13. WHICH FACTORS DETERMINE SUPPLY
CHAIN PREDICTABILITY?
Integrated automation:
supply chain automation allows companies to fast-track processes,
improveturnaround times and minimize human errors in predicting
and identifying potential challenges to address. (8)
*Read more about supply chain visibilityand automation here.
Supply chain predictability depends on three fundamental factors:
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14. 3 TIPS ON HOW TO GET STARTED WITH
SUPPLY CHAIN PREDICTABILITY
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15. STEP 1: IDENTIFY VULNERABLE AREAS
Prioritize resources to:
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Identify areas that are prone to higher risks within your supply
chain operations:
Work with your suppliers and other stakeholders to assess each critical
segment of your supply chain. (3)
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16. STEP 1: IDENTIFY VULNERABLE AREAS
Prioritize resources to:
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Mitigate risks by building supply chain redundancy:
► Establish vendors' profiles to reduce dependencies.
• Collaborate with vendors and suppliers to establish visibilityover
operations and the production floor to develop a strategyfor
redundancy and predictability throughout the whole supply chain
funnel (3)
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Questions to ask:
► If this segment is disrupted, what impacts will this have on customers and revenue?
► How quickly can your supplier recover when disruption happens?
► When disruption in supplies happens, what is the magnitude of this disruption upon your entire supply chain ecosystem?

17. STEP 2: INVEST IN DIGITAL CAPABILITIES
Supply chain maturity starts at a transitional stage of digital adoption.
There are four stages of digital maturity:
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The 4 stages of supply chain maturity
(Recreated from PWC 2016) (9)

18. STEP 2: INVEST IN DIGITAL CAPABILITIES
Follow these 5 steps to mature your digital capabilities and build resilience:
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5 key steps to start building digital capabilities (9)
BONUS TIP:
Cloud solutions using A.I and Machine Learning are available to address different segments of supply chain. You can
implement business-changing technologies without the need to invest in complex and pricy projects.

19. STEP 2: INVEST IN DIGITAL CAPABILITIES
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Question to ask yourself: Which capabilitiesshould you invest in? (11)
► Would it help to identify hidden exposures?
► Would it help you to avoid the need for predictions about rare events?
► Would it revealsupply chain dependencies and bottlenecks?

20. STEP 2: INVEST IN DIGITAL CAPABILITIES
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Question to ask yourself: What benefits would digital capabilitiesbring to your business?
► Information sharing and collaborativeplatforms for global stakeholders (brands/retailers,
and their suppliers)
► Real time data collection, management solutions to guaranteedatahygiene.
► Production performance management tools (e.g., product quality management, lead
time management).

21. STEP 3: START LOOKING INTO DATA ANALYTICS
► Data analytics enables digital supply
chains visibility over everyaspect of the
movement of goods
► Data analytics determines a company's
ability to prescribe how the supply
chain should operate. (3)
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The three layers of insights (10)

22. STEP 3: START LOOKING INTO DATA ANALYTICS
► Data hygiene(clean data) enables
better data analytics, which helps
supply chain managers answer the
following questions (3)
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How might a
potential
disruption such as
covid-19 affect
the supply chain?
How risky would
such a scenario
be? What can the
company do to
minimize these risks
or the impact of
these risks?
What is the strategy
to optimize the cost
to recover from
disruptions?

23. STEP 3: TECHNOLOGIES TO ENABLE DATA ANALYTICS
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24. STEP 3: INSPECTORIO EXPERT ADVICE
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Q: What should brands and retailers keep in mind when selecting a technology partner?
Khanh Pham, Head of Data Science at Inspectorio : “If brands and retailers want to standardize and
optimize their quality operations with machine learning and automation, they should work with
technology partnersthat havethe appropriatedata science expertise to deliver on the benefits this
kind of technology can bring.
Like I mentioned previously,enabling an automated risk-based quality program is a journey — brands
and retailers need to choose a partner that will work with them throughout theentire journey.”

25. KEY TAKEAWAYS
To improveyour supply chain visibility and predictability,followthese key steps:
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Step 1: Identify the segments within your supply chain operations that are most vulnerableto
disruption.Havea strategy in place to mitigate risks through theapplication of digital tools and
build a collaborative program among partners.
Step 2: Identify your current digital capabilitiesand define a strategy toadopt appropriate
digitalsolutions to adopt at each stage of your development.
Step 3: Investigateany data silos that are preventing you from making data-drivendecisions.
Define the level of data hygiene, the efficiency of data collection process within your supply
chain system. Identify tools and solutions to addressthese pain points.

26. Contact Us
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Want to learn how to get started
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27. APPENDIX
(1) David Frederick Ross, Distribution Planning and Control, Springer 2015, Link
(2) David Simchi-Levi, et al., From Superstorms to FactoryFires: ManagingUnpredictable Supply-Chain Disruptions, Harvard BusinessReview 2014, Link
(3) PWC, Balancing just-in-time with just-in-case: Profitable redundancy in supply chains, PWC 2021, Link
(4) World Economic Forum, The ResiliencyCompass: Navigating Global Value Chain Disruption in an Age of Uncertainty, World Economic Forum2021, Link
(5) Gartner, Reinventing SupplyChain for the Future, Gartner 2022, Link
(6) Jeff Stiles, 5 Strategies for Building a Resilient SupplyChain in Turbulent Times, Oracle 2020, Link
(7) David Simchi-Levi & Kris Timmermans, A Simpler Wayto Modernize Your Supply Chain, Harvard Business Review 2021, Link
(8) Oliver Freeman, How RPA is Revolutionising SupplyChain Networks, Supply Chain Digital 2021, Link
(9) PWC, How digitization makesthe supplychain more efficient, agile, and customer-focused, PWC 2016, Link
(10) Inspectorio, How To Use Data ScienceTo Predict QualityRisk, Inspectorio 2021, Link
(11) Ryan Fletcher, Building a flexible supply chain in low-volume, high-mix industrials, McKinsey & Company 2020, Link
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