To succeed, manufacturers and distributors need to assess their business for risk factors, and find ways to optimize processes and reduce costs. They need to eliminate non value-add activities from core business functions, and over-deliver on customer value. That has always been the game. The pressures of 2020 merely make these requirements more urgent than ever.
Digital automation is the key to how manufacturers and distributors can safeguard key business objectives in disrupted times. Dated, traditional processes need to be exchanged for modern processes. Everything that can be automated will be automated.