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A report from Transalis: Achieving a frictionless supply chain for B2B

Strategic business planning is a challenge with competing departmental objectives and budgets. Our report details how to manage this and achieve a frictionless supply chain.

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What does the 'Achieving a Frictionless Supply Chain for B2B' report cover?

The report explains how operations, sales and customer experience, and finance teams can align around digital transformation to build a frictionless B2B supply chain. It covers strategies for minimising cost and improving efficiency, strengthening client relationships and revenue generation, and meeting new international tax reporting mandates, using cloud based EDI, paper to digital conversion and bespoke application integrations as core solutions, illustrated with client success stories.

Achieving a frictionless supply chain can be a challenge when considering the best areas of the business to develop and invest in.

There are multiple departments that are essential in this process, including operations, sales/customer experience, and finance. Ensuring that each of these departments is aligned in the objective of creating greater efficiencies and productivity is vital for success. Our report, Achieving a Frictionless Supply Chain for B2B, details the key strategies we have identified for department leaders to consider.

For instance, Heads of Supply Chain want to ensure minimised costs and increased efficiency. Sales and Customer department heads are laser-focused on empowering their teams to enhance client relationships and capitalise on revenue-generation opportunities. Whilst Compliance Managers are raising their concerns regarding the urgency required for the business to comply with new international tax reporting mandates.

Targeted digital transformation offers an opportunity to tackle all of these objectives, resulting in a frictionless supply chain. Cloud-based EDI, paper-to-digital, and bespoke application integrations are all relevant solutions for the business functions highlighted above.

“We estimate that 70 percent of companies will employ hybrid or multi-cloud management technologies, tools, and processes.” McKinsey*

In this report, we focus on the key departments that must be included in strategic digital transformation projects:

  1. Operations
  2. Sales/Customer Experience
  3. Finance

In each of these chapters, we address the key concerns and challenges for these department leaders. We include our strategic solutions and client success stories to use as reference. As with all of our quarterly whitepapers, this report is entirely free to access by downloading a copy.

Frequently asked questions

Who should read the frictionless supply chain for B2B report?

The report is aimed at leaders across operations, sales and customer experience, and finance, since achieving a frictionless supply chain depends on these departments being aligned around a shared digital transformation objective rather than working in isolation from each other.

What solutions does the report recommend for a frictionless supply chain?

The report points to cloud based EDI, paper to digital conversion and bespoke application integrations as the key technology solutions, matched to the different objectives of supply chain, sales and customer experience, and finance department leaders.

Why are compliance managers a focus of the report?

Compliance managers are highlighted because of the growing urgency around new international tax reporting mandates. The report addresses how digital transformation projects can help a business meet these requirements alongside its wider supply chain objectives.

Is the frictionless supply chain report free to access?

Yes, the report is free to download. It forms part of a regular quarterly series of whitepapers covering different aspects of supply chain, sales and finance transformation for B2B businesses, alongside client success stories used as reference in each chapter.

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