May 28th, 2009
AMR Research: Apple has the best supply chain; Dell No. 2
AMR Research on Thursday unveiled its annual ranking of enterprise supply chains and Apple and Dell finished No. 1 and No. 2.
AMR’s Supply Chain Top 25 is a report that ranks companies based on their ability to use their supply chain as a competitive weapon. According to AMR, this year’s ranking focused on companies that used their supply chain to monitor demand and adjust to a declining economy rapidly.
In theory, the companies with the best supply chain management should be able to deliver better earnings and grab more share as the economy improves.
AMR bases its rankings on peer and analyst opinion, return on assets, inventory turns and revenue growth. Here’s a look at the comments for the top five supply chain players:
And here’s the top 25 with tech-related companies highlighted:
1. Apple
2. Dell
3. Procter & Gamble
4. IBM
5. Cisco Systems
6. Nokia
7. Wal-Mart Stores
8. Samsung Electronics
9. PepsiCo
10. Toyota Motor
11. Schlumberger
12. Johnson & Johnson
13. The Coca-Cola Company
14. Nike
15. Tesco
16. Walt Disney
17. Hewlett-Packard
18. Texas Instruments
19. Lockheed Martin
20. Colgate Palmolive
21. Best Buy
22. Unilever
23. Publix Super Markets
24. SonyEricsson
25. Intel
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