The wave of digital transformation that has prompted businesses to migrate some applications to the cloud and re-evaluate process efficiency has officially hit the Manufacturing and Distribution (M&D) industry. In anticipation of the next worldwide crisis, M&Ds can refocus on their core businesses, streamline and automate tax management, and redesign their supply chains to be more flexible, scalable and risk-tolerant.

In this white paper, we share key learnings from IDG’s Research MarketPulse Survey that uncover the challenges IT and finance leaders at M&D organizations are facing today, and the drivers behind their current and future technology plans.