
2-3 days support from a sector specialist
A PACE supply chain specialist can help raise your awareness of these trends and advise you on how to build horizon scanning into your business management processes:
- Disruptive technologies or business models on the horizon
- Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), and the
internet of things (IoT)
- What type of automation is pertinent to the sector and size
of business
- Changes in customer preferences or habits
- New competitors making an impact
- What would be the best starting point for introducing
automation
- Connecting to research expertise
- Trends affecting your sector: off-shoring/in-shoring,
diversification/concentration
- Threats: cyberattacks, trade tariffs
- Protecting ideas
- Innovations within your wider supply chain, e.g.
distribution models, internet shopping, information and communications
technologies