We are certainly living in an outsourced supply chain world, and with that can come many benefits, but also risks, as "hub" companies lose visibility to and hence control of their extended supply chains.

To better understand the trends, challenges and oppportunities in this area, SCDigest recently completed a major benchmark study on the state of supplier integration, which can be downloaded here: Supplier Integration Benchmark Report 2016

SCDigest editor Dan Gilmore recently discussed highlights from the new report with John Dipalo, chief strategy officer at Acsis, Inc,. a provider of supplier integration and visibility solutions, who has detailed insight into promising developments in this area of supply chain.

Please view this very interesting and fast-paced video discussion below.