Antifragile supply chains are better able to weather uncertainty, notes Gartner

Supply chains are increasingly looking to develop resilience, but a new survey and research from Gartner finds that those that develop an antifragile framework not only survive, they thrive.

According to Gartner research, only 9% of supply chain organizations expect to achieve revenue gains due to uncertainty, but those organizations that adopt an antifragile state are 2.1 to 4.9 times more like to gain revenue during these times.

“An antifragile supply chain starts with the Chief Supply Chain Officer’s mindset,” said Tim Payne, vice president analyst in Gartner’s Supply Chain Practice. “Rather than trying to keep uncertainty out of the supply chain, antifragile supply chains embrace uncertainty with the objective of learning, evolving and adapting their capabilities based on their improved knowledge of it.”

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