Bridging Performance Gaps with GTM

摘要

A: From 2003 to 2013, the value of world merchandise trade nearly tripled, with companies from large to small aggressively pursuing emerging markets as a way to grow top-line revenues and reduce costs through low-cost country sourcing. According to a July 2013 SCM World survey, 48 percent of its member companies now do business in more than 50 countries, and 32 percent do business in more than 100 countries. That same survey showed that 35 percent of members now realize more than half of their total sales from customers located in foreign markets, and 41 percent now import more than half of their products/materials from foreign suppliers.