Why Investors are Looking at Supply Chain Technologies in 2020
UPDATE 2021: See what our investor panel thinks now >
Since the coronavirus pandemic took hold earlier in 2020, supply chain has become a household word. Investors, like the public, have woken up to the fact that supply chains are the engine driving economic prosperity.
Almost perversely, supply chain is also the final frontier of tech-based efficiency optimization. Insiders joke (quite fairly, as it turns out) about billion-dollar procurement-management-disposition cycles that are managed in spreadsheets. Some larger organizations try to use ERP systems, which are often ill-suited to supply chain workflows, while a fortunate few enterprises host game-changing custom control tower systems. Supply chain, it seems, is ripe for disruption.
But investors, however keen they are to jump on an opportunity, know a rabbit hole when they see one. To provide some help with navigating the complexities of supply chain investing, we talked to three tech experts with different perspectives.
Dave Anderson of Supply Chain Ventures, the godfather of supply chain investing.
Brian Aoaeh of REFASHIOND, the next-gen supply chain specialist.
Ryan Floyd of Sandhill Road’s Storm Ventures, the supply chain investment sceptic.