Important information/analytics technologies for supply chains worldwide 2018

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Martin Placek,
Apr 19, 2022
This statistic depicts the most important information/analytics technologies for supply chains over the next one to three years according to supply chain professionals in 2018. During the survey, 73 percent of respondents believed big data analytics will be either very or extremely important to their supply chain.

Most important information/analytics technologies for supply chains worldwide over the next one to three years as of 2018

CharacteristicShare of respondents
Big data analytics 73%
Cloud-based applications 63%
Internet of Things 55%
Blockchain 51%
Cognitive analytics / machine learning 46%
Sharing economy platforms 34%
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Created with Highcharts 7.2.2Share of respondents73%73%63%63%55%55%51%51%46%46%34%34%Big data analyticsCloud-based applicationsInternet of ThingsBlockchainCognitive analytics / machine learningSharing economy platforms
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Release date

March 2018

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2018

Number of respondents

350 respondents

Special properties

supply chain and operations professionals.

Supplementary notes

Method of survey not stated by the source.
Values include respondents who answered 'very' and 'extremely' important.

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