Supply-chain risk gap
- Seventy-six percent of executives report increased supply‑chain disruptions, indicating widespread operational stress. (x.com) - Only about 13 percent of OEMs say procurement predicts risks effectively, exposing a major capability shortfall. (x.com) - Analysts push analytics benchmarking, integrated ecosystems, and resilient sourcing as prioritized responses to these weaknesses. (x.com)
Supply chains are getting hit more often, but many companies still cannot see trouble early enough to act. (gartner.com) Gartner said 76% of supply chain executives reported more frequent disruptions than three years earlier in a survey cited on February 6, 2025. In a separate Gartner survey published October 17, 2024, supply disruption ranked as the top threat to procurement’s future success. (gartner.com 1) (gartner.com 2) The disruption picture is broad, not episodic. J.S. Held, citing a Maersk survey of 2,000 European shipping customers, said 76% experienced supply-chain disruptions that delayed operations in the prior year, and 22% reported more than 20 incidents. (jsheld.com) Procurement teams are supposed to spot supplier trouble before a factory line stops, but many leaders say their tools and data still lag the risk. Gartner said its 2024 survey of 258 sourcing and procurement leaders was designed around the risks most likely to impede procurement operations and the actions needed to manage them. (gartner.com) That gap has been building since the pandemic exposed how little visibility many companies had beyond their first-tier suppliers. McKinsey said in its August 26, 2022 survey that companies were already trying to mitigate geopolitical shocks and semiconductor shortages by redesigning supply chains for resilience. (mckinsey.com) The response now is less about one-off fixes and more about measuring weak points, sharing data across partners, and spreading sourcing risk. Gartner said benchmarking the practices tied to analytics-driven improvement is critical as companies face sustained volatility. (gartner.com) Forrester has been rating “collaborative supply networks,” a category built around shared planning and execution across buyers, suppliers, and logistics partners, in its Q4 2024 Wave evaluation. Gartner, in a March 20, 2024 technology trends release, also pointed to “ecosystem collaboration” as a priority for chief supply chain officers. (forrester.com) (gartner.com) Consultants are also pushing companies to buy from a wider set of suppliers instead of concentrating spend in a few low-cost sources. McKinsey said procurement leaders are moving away from older models of globalization and supplier consolidation toward diversification and risk management. (mckinsey.com) The constraint is execution. EY said agile, integrated, high-performing supply chains require a unified approach to investment and measurement, while Deloitte said many manufacturers are trying to balance resilience with efficiency as cost pressure returns. (ey.com) (deloitte.com) The result is a familiar problem in 2026: companies know disruption is routine, but many still run procurement with fragmented systems, partial supplier data, and too little warning time. The firms that close that gap first are the ones most likely to keep parts moving when the next shock hits. (gartner.com) (mckinsey.com)
