SIDEBAR: Top 10 Supply Chains . . .
AMR Research recently ranked the world's best-performing supply chains, based on ratings from a panel of experts, as well as three metrics: return on assets, sales in 2003 and rate of growth over the previous 12 months.
- Dell
- Nokia
- Procter & Gamble
- IBM
- Wal-Mart Stores
- Toyota Motor
- Johnson & Johnson
- Johnson Controls
- Tesco
- PepsiCo
. . . and at Post #12
Homeboy Woolies!
Woolworths just missed AMR's Top 10 Supply Chain rankings, but did score the number 12 spot among the group's Top 25 list. Also notable is that Woolies beat out IT multinationals Hewlett-Packard (#13) and Intel (#19).
Here's what AMR had to say about Woolworths' supply chain efforts:
The supply chain operations of this Australian retailer are regarded as pioneering in the use of 21st century supply chain principles.
To read AMR's full report and get the full list of top supply chain companies, go to The AMR Research Supply Chain Top 25 at:
www.amrresearch.com/Content/view.asp?omillid=17731
SOURCE: AMR Research
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