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The Supply Chain Professional of 2025
Agile — the quality of managing change in the supply chain through effective sense and response capabilities — is a concept that many supply chain leaders struggled with replicating and scaling within their organizations even before the coronavirus pandemic.
Agility can be attained, but it requires CSCOs to identify and enable the people and capabilities necessary to support new and more digital workflows.
Download the Supply Chain Professional of 2025 report to explore talent-related challenges and opportunities that CSCOs need to address in their efforts to remain competitive amid an ever-changing environment.
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supply chain agility
Supply chain leaders seek to proactively manage risks, but struggle to realize the return on investments in resilience, visibility and agility. However, more than 30% discourage supply chain agility investment because they worry it will increase supply chain costs.
Gartner provides the guidance that CSCOs need to achieve supply chain agility amidst disruptions. We focus on proven practices for identifying potential supply chain risks, collaborating with cross-functional teams on coordinated response, and communicating a resolution with customers and partners.
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Attend a Conference
Join Gartner experts and your peers to accelerate growth
Join the world's most important gathering of CSCOs and supply chain leaders, along with Gartner experts, to collectively rethink supply chains for future success.
4 – 6 May 2026
Gartner Supply Chain Symposium/Xpo™
Orlando, FL
