The document discusses the opportunities for businesses presented by digital transformation and the accelerating pace of technological change. It notes that over half of Fortune 500 companies from 2000 are now gone, and the average lifespan of S&P 500 companies has decreased from over 60 years in the 1950s to less than 20 years today. As digital technologies like AI, IoT, and cloud computing converge, they are disrupting industries and enabling new business models. For supply chains in particular, the digital mirror of data created represents equal or greater value than physical inventory. However, most companies have been slow to digitally transform, with limited data accessibility and sharing between partners. The document argues that businesses must prepare for an increasingly digital world by enhancing processes,

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The Digital Wave – the opportunity for
transformational change.
Guy F. Courtin
@gcourtin
January 2017

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Where will your business be in 2027?

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52% of the Fortune 500
firms since 2000 are gone
Since 1955, 81% are gone

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S&P 500 average life span
1958 – 61
years
1980 – 25
years
2015 – 18
years

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Digital evolution surrounds us…
90% of data created in last 2 years 2014,
1 year 2015,
1 sec 2020
50-200 Billion sensors in “things” by 2020
100M viral connections per minute by 2020
By 2018 mobile devices will reach 12 billion – 2 per person
Connected kitchen can save food & beverage industry 15%
annually

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The pace of change is accelerating.

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Digital businesses are changing our surroundings

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The Leap From Incremental To
Transformational Business Models

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Incremental Innovation

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Transformational Innovation

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1992

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Tech convergence powers digital disruption
M2M
3D Printing
Big Data
Robotics
Mobile
IoT
Social
Virtual
Reality

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The Biggest Disruptor

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Perfect storm for consumers
 Consumers have a voice – social
 Consumers have reach – mobile
 Consumers have choice – internet
 Consumers have expectation – Amazon
Consumer expectations are not compartmentalized…regardless of
B2B or B2C, or which sub vertical your business is in.

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We are in the age of the consumer…have
been for a while.

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Customers want greater control of their
products

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The Current and Future
State of Digital Supply
Chain Transformation
R E S E A R C H S T U D Y :

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Digital Transformation of the
Supply Chain is Important

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Progress has been slow

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Transactions with partners are
still very manual

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Only 15% of the data in the
extended supply chain is
accessible today

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Only 23% of the Supply
Chain data currently
accessible to the
organization is being
analyzed and used for
decision-making today

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Enablers
Efforts to Change: The Technology Enablers
Current Investment
Focus
Options: Big Data Analytics, Cloud, Mobile Apps, Robotics, Supply Chain Visibility Platforms/Tools, 3D Printing, Social Tools, IoT, Simulation Tools, VR, others)

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Five year vision is aggressive

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What is the digital supply chain?
The digital supply chain, represents the digital mirror that
your physical supply chain creates. The evolution of the
digital supply chain is such that the data and information
being created has similar if not more value than the
physical inventory and services within your supply chain.

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Before – linear Today – network
Supply chains are not linear…

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The digital mirror
Data

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Complexity
Suppliers Channels / CustomersManufacturing Distribution
Enterprise
Enterprise
80% of the data needed to effectively run
a global supply chain resides with partners

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Brands don’t compete,
their supply chains
compete…

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Brands are at the mercy of their supply
chains

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Digital + Networked Supply Chain = Visibility.
THE STATE OF THE
RETAIL SUPPLY CHAIN
Essential Findings of the
Sixth Annual Study 2016
Auburn University

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The train has left the station…
But you still have time to get on…

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How to get on that train
What can
you do today.
Determine
the vision.
Challenge
your team
about the
future.
Determine
outcomes
and
measures.
DO

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In the evolving digital world
• The digital mirror is equally valuable as the physical inventory.
• Data is the new oil…but oil needs refining.
• Enhance existing processes.
• New insights and opportunities abound.
• Networks not only possible but the reality of your supply chain.
• Is your business…culture…prepared to take advantage of this?
End of the day we are all digital businesses. We are creating and consuming an
ever growing amount of data. Those that understand what to focus on, what to
ignore and which opportunities to seize will emerge as leaders.

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It must be considered that
there is nothing more
difficult to carry out, nor
more doubtful of success,
nor more dangerous to
handle, than to initiate a
new order of things.
- Niccolo Machiavelli

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Thank You
Guy F Courtin
@gcourtin