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Five months of analysis. Lots of heated debates. It is now over. This morning, we announced the Supply Chains to Admire Winners and Finalists for 2016. The research starts in April and stretches over many weeks as we analyze the different elements and understand the patterns of each industry. Why do we do it? Selfishly, we need standard for our research, but we also want to help supply chain leaders gain new insights from a deep data-driven analysis.
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