Top 25 Supply Chains named by Gartner
Gartner, Inc. has released the findings from its seventh annual Supply Chain Top 25 from this year's research at the Gartner Supply Chain Executive Conference.
"Four key themes emerged this year among the leaders, including how they deal with volatility, their approaches to value chain network integration, their focus on sustainable execution and their abilities to orchestrate," Debra Hofman, research vice president at Gartner, said.
Gartner analysts said one of the trends they've seen over the last several years is a move from the notion of "supply chain" to "value chain" and a concomitant increase in the span of control of the supply chain organization.
"The old image of a supply chain organization limited to either inbound materials management or logistics, with procurement, planning, manufacturing and customer service as totally separate functions, is fading," Hofman said. "The consumer-oriented companies, with their need to renew product lines constantly and their appetite for downstream data, have led the way in this change.”
Apple held onto the No. 1 position for the fourth year in a row. The company continued to post strong financials and top-of-the-line voting scores. Research In Motion, which was new to the list last year, rose to No. 4 this year with enviable financials and solid votes.
Amazon, another newcomer last year, rose five spots to No. 5 in the 2011 ranking. Colgate-Palmolive, rising steadily since 2009, moved to No. 13 this year.
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The Gartner Supply Chain Top 25 for 2011 |
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Rank |
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Company |
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Peer |
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Gartner |
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Three- |
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Inventory |
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Three- |
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Composite |
1 |
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Apple |
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2,950 |
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536 |
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17.9% |
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49.3 |
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40.9% |
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8.50 |
2 |
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Dell |
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1,909 |
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457 |
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6.6% |
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38.9 |
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4.1% |
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5.14 |
3 |
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P&G |
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1,726 |
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660 |
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9.6% |
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5.6 |
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2.4% |
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5.13 |
4 |
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Research In Motion (RIM) |
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550 |
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215 |
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25.1% |
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17.7 |
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43.9% |
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5.10 |
5 |
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Amazon |
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2,267 |
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402 |
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6.6% |
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11.2 |
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34.0% |
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5.07 |
6 |
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Cisco Systems |
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1,501 |
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550 |
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10.2% |
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11.8 |
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5.5% |
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4.82 |
7 |
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Wal-Mart Stores |
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1,755 |
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449 |
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9.0% |
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8.5 |
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3.6% |
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4.40 |
8 |
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McDonald's |
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711 |
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161 |
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15.3% |
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141.8 |
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2.6% |
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4.35 |
9 |
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PepsiCo |
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740 |
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445 |
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12.0% |
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7.8 |
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18.8% |
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4.11 |
10 |
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Samsung |
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857 |
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361 |
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9.8% |
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16.9 |
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22.5% |
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3.98 |
11 |
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The Coca-Cola Company |
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1,305 |
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265 |
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15.3% |
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5.3 |
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7.9% |
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3.96 |
12 |
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Microsoft |
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566 |
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128 |
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21.4% |
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16.6 |
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6.1% |
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3.72 |
13 |
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Colgate-Palmolive |
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560 |
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239 |
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20.0% |
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5.1 |
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3.0% |
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3.62 |
14 |
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IBM |
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994 |
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238 |
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12.5% |
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21.1 |
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0.8% |
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3.60 |
15 |
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Unilever |
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449 |
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459 |
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11.5% |
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5.3 |
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5.2% |
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3.53 |
16 |
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Intel |
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871 |
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247 |
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13.6% |
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4.5 |
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9.7% |
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3.37 |
17 |
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HP |
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949 |
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331 |
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7.0% |
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14.3 |
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6.7% |
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3.28 |
18 |
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Nestle |
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389 |
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62 |
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22.6% |
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5.5 |
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0.8% |
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3.05 |
19 |
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Inditex |
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376 |
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180 |
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16.9% |
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4.4 |
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10.5% |
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3.05 |
20 |
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Nike |
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781 |
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144 |
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13.0% |
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4.7 |
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3.3% |
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2.72 |
21 |
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Johnson & Johnson |
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548 |
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121 |
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13.4% |
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3.6 |
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-0.3% |
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2.38 |
22 |
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Starbucks |
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544 |
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127 |
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10.6% |
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8.6 |
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5.1% |
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2.35 |
23 |
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Tesco |
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524 |
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190 |
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5.3% |
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18.3 |
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8.0% |
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2.34 |
24 |
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3M |
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760 |
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7 |
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13.2% |
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4.6 |
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5.8% |
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2.25 |
25 |
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Kraft Foods |
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471 |
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192 |
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4.4% |
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5.9 |
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15.6% |
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2.03 |
Notes on Scoring:
1. Gartner Opinion and Peer Opinion:Based on each panel's forced-rank ordering against the definition of "DDVN Orchestrator"
2. Return on Assets (ROA): ((2010 net income / 2010 total assets) * 50%) + ((2009 net income / 2009 total assets) * 30%) + ((2008 net income / 2008 total assets) * 20%)
3. Inventory Turns: 2010 cost of goods sold / 2010 quarterly average inventory
4. Revenue Growth: ((change in revenue 2010-2009) * 50%) + ((change in revenue 2009-2008) * 30%) + ((change in revenue 2008-2007) * 20%)
5. Composite Score: (peer opinion * 25%) + (Gartner opinion*25%) + (ROA*25%) + (inventory turns * 15%) + (revenue growth * 10%)
About the Gartner Supply Chain Top 25
Gartner analysts derive a master list of companies from a combination of sources, including the Fortune Global 500, the Fortune 1000 and the Forbes Global 2000. The primary source is the Fortune Global 500, which is pared down to the manufacturing and retail sectors.
Analysts then supplement this group with companies from the Fortune 1000 that fall between $10 billion in revenue and the smallest revenue on the Global 500 list, as well as select companies from the Forbes Global 2000.
Edited by Kevin Scarpati