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Market for SCM Spending Set to Grow
The market for supply chain management applications is expected to grow by seven per cent this year, according to analysts AMR Research.
This follows modest growth of three per cent last year to a total of $5.6 billion.
AMR says adoption of SCM spending is limited by relatively low “supply chain organizational maturity” in many companies.
German market leader SAP was the highest-earning SCM vendor in 2005 for the third year running with growth of six per cent.
Factors driving growth in the SCM market include increasing globalisation, leaner supply networks, greater customer expectations, and more mass customisation, AMR says.
Mark Hillman, senior research analyst at AMR Research, said: “New business focuses and pressures are driving pockets of vendor innovation and renewed corporate spending in supply chain initiatives.”
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