Logistics Technology: Risks in Supply Chain Informatization

According to Ernst & Young's survey, the growth of supply chain applications also brings risks. Jay McIntosh, Ernst & Young's retail and consumer goods industry manager, said: "As companies in the retail and consumer goods industries interact with customers or suppliers through supply chain technology, this means that the whole operation is increasingly dependent on technology and interfaces. If there are any technical problems, data integrity problems, etc. It will have a great impact on their operations. "

Ernst & Young verified the eight risks of supply chain operation summarized by Ernst & Young through investigation:

Business continuity planning: Most of the interviewed enterprises have fully backed up their supply chain data, but only 25% of them have verified their data recovery capability.

Data integrity: consumer goods and food and beverage companies believe that more than 90% of complete orders can be completed without errors; 85% of retailers think their raw material orders are correct.

Supply chain application security: companies have done a good job in this respect, but there is still room for improvement in planning, data sources and returns.

Corporate governance: This aspect needs to be improved. 29% of retail and food and beverage companies did not give the frequency of their supply chain sourcing process audits.

Collaboration: This aspect also needs to be improved. 20% of suppliers do not monitor cost, quality or delivery. Only 57% companies recorded the bidding process.

Expenditure and investment of supply chain alliance: Only 50% of consumer goods companies and 47% of retailers often calculate ROI. 8% of consumer goods companies and 10% of retailers never calculate ROI.

Personnel training: 24% of consumer goods companies and 65,438+08% of retailers said that employees were not adequately trained in supply chain management tools.

Tax Risk: Most companies consider tax risk, but Ernst & Young thinks there is still room for improvement.