4.1 Gartner Supply Chain Group’s top 25 rankings’ expert opinion data
Gartner Supply Chain Group’s (formerly AMR Research) annual rankings are designed to recognize SCM competency
by highlighting firms that best demonstrate leadership in applying demand-driven principles to build global supply chains that maximize business results by serving customers with both operational and innovation excellence (gartner.com/supplychaintop25). Gartner’s motivation for compiling these rankings is “to show how supply chain excellence contributes to economic value creation, and, in so doing, to raise awareness of the importance and influence of
the profession” (Friscia et al., 2009a, p. 2).