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This presents a great opportunity for the supply chain to play a critical leadership role in defining the overall digital business strategy, Ms. Tohamy said. To do that, the supply chain organization must acquire senior technology skill sets and leadership with the companywide credibility to define strategic technology direction. These skill sets must go far beyond those with the traditional focus on providing tactical support to supply chain functions.

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Embedded sensor technologies can be used to allow for bidirectional, remote communication with over one million elevators worldwide. Based on captured data, technicians can run diagnostics and remotely initiate repair options or guide on-site technicians to make the appropriate decisions, resulting in increased machine uptime and improved customer service.

Infusion of IoT in the supply chain will create new challenges and demands on the supply chain organization who will likely be tasked with delivering, sourcing and maintaining technology-enabled products and solutions.

For example, an agricultural equipment manufacturer can capture data from sensors on agricultural equipment to understand how farmers are using different product features. This information can be shared with the R&D groups to develop products that best meet customers needs.

As Noha Tohamy, research vice-president at Gartner, will discuss at the upcomingGartner Supply Chain Executive Conference, in order to profit from the IoT, chief supply chain officers (CSCOs) need to leverage analytics and define new processes along the entire supply chain, with the ultimate goal of fulfilling customer demand for digital and information products and services. Ms. Tohamy outlined five rules CSCOs must follow for success:

Unlike previous generations of passive sensors, the IoT will allow a supply chain to control the external environment and execute decisions. With the IoT, sensor-embedded factory equipment not only can communicate data about parameters such as the temperature and utilization of the machine, but also can change equipment settings and process workflow to optimize performance.

The proliferation of the adoption of IoT will drive the need for the redesign of many existing supply chain processes.

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With the IoT, the supply chain will have unprecedented access to data valued by internal and external stakeholders, Ms. Tohamy said. This presents an opportunity for supply chain groups to co-develop new information-based solutions for individual customers or markets.

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As well as being a driver for business and supply chain transformation, IoT can also drive incremental benefits to existing supply chain processes spanning asset utilization, warehouse space optimization or production planning.

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Take, for example, a consumer products manufacturer who plans to implement telematics to allow the organization to capture information on the location and conditions of its transportation equipment. While a functionally siloed company (Stage 2) would be able to apply the IoT use case to capture efficiency and cost reduction improvement; a company with an integrated supply chain (Stage 3) would  benefit from the same technology to further improve overall supply chain performance, and to become demand-driven, Ms. Tohamy said.

How many times have you been late for a meeting only to find that the elevator is out of service meaning you had to take the stairs? The good news is that companies can leverage the Internet of Things (IoT) to make this a thing of the past.

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For example, an industrial equipment manufacturer that has redefined its customers value proposition from selling pure physical products to offering a complete solution that spans physical products, embedded software and combined services. In this business model, a supply chain process like sales and operations planning must now account for the customers demand for the complete solution.

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