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Home » Apple tops Gartner's best supply chain list again
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Apple tops Gartner's best supply chain list again

June 20, 2013
Supply Chain Quarterly Staff
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Apple's supply chain continues to outshine the rest, according to the research firm Gartner Inc.

The consumer electronics company best known for its iPhones, iPads, and iPods ranked number one on Gartner Research's 2013 list of the top 25 supply chains. That's Apple's sixth consecutive year at the top of the supply chain heap.

Gartner's annual report on supply chain leaders, now in its ninth year, ranks companies for supply chain excellence based on execution metrics, including return on assets, revenue growth, and inventory turns, as well as on analyst and peer opinions.

This year's list saw a lot of movement: The restaurant chain McDonald's overtook Web merchant Amazon to claim the number two position. The consumer goods giant Unilever shot up from 10th place last year to the number four spot this year, while Intel climbed two notches from seventh last year to fifth place. Three new companies—Ford, Lenovo, and Qualcomm—joined the top 25 this year.

In its report Gartner identified several major trends among the top 25 companies. Analysts found more movement toward "demand-driven" supply chains that integrate demand, supply, and product to respond to ever-changing demand, said Managing Vice President Debra Hofman in announcing the results. The research firm also noted that more advanced companies are involved in a wide range of supply chain initiatives that include supply chain segmentation, cost-to-serve analytics, multitier visibility, and supply network optimization.

Leading companies also are moving their supply chains away from a focus on efficiency and cost-cutting to one of enabling growth. At the same time, analysts said, top companies are making acquiring, developing, and retaining supply chain talent a major focus area.

Here are the research firm's picks for the top 10.

  1. Apple
  2. McDonald's
  3. Amazon.com
  4. Unilever
  5. Intel
  6. Procter & Gamble
  7. Cisco Systems
  8. Samsung Electronics
  9. Coca-Cola Company
  10. Colgate-Palmolive

The entire list and the accompanying report are available here.

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