When it comes to how midsize wholesale distributors measure, manage, and improve their business processes, there has been little change over the last decades. The usual factors are ever present on these distributors’ agenda ‒ particularly increasing efficiency, reducing cost, fending off competitors, and seeking new markets.
But a new survey from the SAP Insights research center shows that senior industry leaders are adjusting their approach to business transformation. In addition to growing revenue and efficiency, they are also operating more sustainably and adapting faster to mitigate emerging risks and seize new opportunities. More important, respondents revealed the priorities, opportunities, and threats that they’re considering now and for the near future, as well as their transformation plans for elevating their profitability and competitiveness.