| |April 20184CIOReviewEditorialSupply chain excellence has become an integral element of overall business strategy. With globalization and advent of new technologies, plant-level production planning has become passé and the industry is moving towards demand-driven production and supply. Emergence of disruptive supply chain technologies like AI has enabled supply chain players to rewrite the fate of supply chain and operations. AI carries great potential to revolutionize supply chain processes. The ability to apply AI to enhance, and even automate decision making, reinvent business models and ecosystems, and remake the customer experience could make many other emerging technology trends redundant. Prescriptive analytics is another trend that promises to improve decision making in functional areas like supply chain planning, sourcing, and logistics and transportation, and can be deployed to improve end-to-end supply chain performance. Processes that previously relied on human judgment can be powered with predictive and prescriptive analytics that could have a significant impact on future demands for supply chain talent. Conversational systems that are most recognizably implemented today in virtual personal assistants (VPAs) and chatbots are taking interaction to the next level with the addition of conversational commerce. At the same time, Robotic process automation (RPA) is allowing supply chain leaders to cut costs, eliminate keying errors, and speed up processes and link applications. Then there are immersive technologies such as virtual reality (VR) and augmented reality (AR) that are enabling supply chain businesses to enhance employee and customer digital experiences. Blockchain is also weighing in for certain highly decentralized supply chain management functions such as smart contracts or traceability and authentication. Some early pilot projects have emerged that are experimenting with the potential of blockchain for supply chain. In this issue, CIOReview India presents to you `20 Most Promising SCM Solution Providers' who have proved their mettle with their innovative offerings. These companies pride themselves on keeping pace with the latest technological advancements in this domain. We hope this issue gives you helpful insight into this market landscape.Sudhakar SinghEditorsudhakar@cioreviewindia.comDisruptive Technologies Finding their Way into SCM VOL 6 · ISSUE 4-5 · APRIL 18, 2018 PublisherOffice Editorial queries editor@cioreviewindia.com To subscribeVisit www.cioreviewindia.com/magazine-in or send email to: subscription@cioreviewindia.comCover price is Rs 150 per issueAshok KumarVirupakshi PattarAlok ChaturvediCIOReviewGroup Art DirectorVP - Sales & MarketingMagendran PerumalCirculation ManagerEditorial TeamCIOReview No. 124, 2nd Floor, Surya Chambers, Old Airport Road, Murugheshpalya, Bangalore-560017Vetrivel SVimalraj MCIOReviewEditorSudhakar SinghVisualizersAdvertising queriessales@cioreviewindia.comBangaloreTel 080 46441103Sales & MarketingAmrit SinghIndranil ChakrabortyRavi Kalgi Rohit RaghubanshiAmeet Kumar SahooPrinted and published by Alok Chaturvedi on Behalf of Bizprint Media Technologies Pvt Ltd and Printed at Precision Fototype Services at Sri Sabari Shopping Complex, 24 Residency Road Bangalore-560025 and Published at No. 124, 2nd Floor, Surya Chambers, Old Airport Road, Murugeshpalya, Bangalore-560017. Copyright © 2018 Bizprint Media Technologies Pvt Ltd, All rights reserved. Re-production in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher.Chitra MishraEmmanuel Christi DasLakshmi GNazish HussainShaheen SaikiaSeena KennethSuchita GonsalvesVinisha PaivaNoidaTel 120 4639300
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