In fact, Ford Motor was on the list a year ago but fell off the 2014 rankings, presumably due to the fallout from the constant drumbeat of recalls that has rocked the automotive OEMs this year. Another perennial member of the Top 25 and a one-time poster-child for supply chain best practices fell off the list for quite another reason: high-tech giant Dell went private, and since Gartner only considers public companies in its rankings, Dell got the boot. This exposes one of the main problems with the Top 25 rankings, as many of the world’s best supply chain performers are omitted from consideration because Gartner hasn’t figured out a way to include their financial and performance metrics in the mix.