The full story of The Gartner Supply Chain Top 25 for 2024 depicts the incredible journey of Lenovo Global supply chain especially in the last 5 years.
Year Rank
2018 - No rank in 25
2019 - No rank in 25
2020 - 15
2021 - 16
2022 - 9
2023 - 8
2024 - 10
So what magic brought Lenovo Global Supply Chain from nowhere in the top 25 to 15th Rank in 2020? Out of many factors, a few were as
Getting to the top 25 list ( 2017-2020):
1. 3 Years Continuous investment and Digitalization GSC functions to build our Supply Chain digital core i.e. Supply Chain Intelligence (SCI) platform from 2017.
2. Single source of truth (data) across functions to make unanimous decisions.
2. Integration of functional data to build digital planning capabilities and #integratedplanning solution for #customer order execution and prioritization.
4. Foundation of Supply Chain Segmentation for Commercial customers using Customer value prop to improve serviceability.
Our revenue jump of 20%+ YoY (10B$ each year) in those 2 years played a significant role in raking metrics that #Gartner usages however these 4 top factors brought us into the top 25 list. However, we did not stop there but leapfrogged to the top 10 ranks in only 2 years by
Leapfrog to top 10 (2020-22):
1. Significant investment and commitment to sustainability( ESG )
2. Building Resilience by adding network resilience and manufacturing footprints in EU, LA, and AP regions.
3. Adding AI/ML models to our Supply Chain Intelligence (SCI) platform for what-if scenarios to make wise decisions of supply allocation, parts reservation, supply predictions, etc, and enhancing SCI to control tower level.
Remaining Sustainable and Resilient (2022-current):
To ensure we remain sustainable and continue to be ranked in the Top 10, here are a few things we are doing :
1. Continue to evolve our SCI platform by adding an intelligence layer using AGI.
2. Continue to build a resilient network of manufacturing sites distribution hubs, and routes by using smart tools,
3. Automate, redesign and re-engineer our processes to remain cost-effective, faster, and competitive by providing the industry's best serviceability.
4. Remain committed and focused to practice sustainability in everything we do at GSC ( product, packaging, environment, Social, community).
This incredible success belongs to the thousands of Lenovo #gsc employees who work day and night to make this magic happen and our incredible visionary leaders. Che Min (Jammi) Tu wei guan Richard Ferranti Jack Fiedler Jack Lv Russell Shimp Hawk Xu HaiQiang Yang Helen(Haixia) Li Gareth Davies 丁晓辉 Xing Wesley Fan Liu Jian, Qingfa, James, Maggie Duan Jennifer Zheng,
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