News / A new era for supply chains as faster IT systems push data into the driving seat

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The natural tension between supply chain and procurement departments in major shippers – between logistics and finance – is coming to an end, as a new era of available data will allow financial operations to be integrated into supply chains, experts predict.

Armin Sarstedt, vice-president of the manufacturing and technology group at Intel, said the rapidly changing dynamics of the smartphone and computer markets were forcing companies such as Intel to radically overhaul their supply chains – a process that could ...