AMR Research, on May 29, released its Supply Chain Top 25 report, an annual ranking highlighting companies that display superior supply chain performance, capabilities, and leadership. The analysis uses basic public data as a foundation-return on assets, inventory turns, and growth-and incorporates expert and peer assessments of the future supply chain potential of each company.
AMR Research's Supply Chain Top 25 consistently outperforms the market. Last year, the average total return of the companies ranked in the 2007 Supply Chain Top was 17.89%, compared with returns of 6.43% for the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) and 3.53% for the S&P 500.
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- Apple
- Nokia
- Dell
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- IBM
- Wal-Mart Stores
- Toyota Motor
- Cisco Systems
- Samsung Electronics
- Anheuser-Busch
- PepsiCo
- Tesco
- The Coca-Cola Company
- Best Buy
- Nike
- SonyEricsson
- Walt Disney
- Hewlett-Packard
- Johnson & Johnson
- Schlumberger
- Texas Instruments
- Lockheed Martin
- Johnson Controls
- Royal Ahold
- Publix Super Markets
"With companies such as Apple, Disney, and Nike securing their ranks on the Supply Chain Top 25 this year, a new manufacturing model emerges," said Kevin O'Marah, chief strategist at AMR Research. "The old model, relying exclusively on products or services, is increasingly being replaced by a content economy that builds and delivers value with ideas."
If you are interested in receiving more information or a copy of the report, please visit http://www.amrresearch.com/supplychaintop25/.
