Business Chief Europe Magazine May 2019 | Page 47

looking to create synergies Anderson , ever the evangelist , sees Tradeshift well placed to deliver : “ Now , our goal is not only to offer more connections with new buyers , but allow you to tie your internal buyers to that supply chain to feed a connection that ’ s going to add more value to your delivery and your customers .” Believing it ’ s now possible to reengineer an entire supply chain he warns that any CPO not trying to digitally connect their supply chain , is going to be left in the dust : “ It will change the whole structure of what is efficient and what is the best , highest quality supplier at the lowest possible cost structure .”
Where does Sylvest see the company five years from now ? “ If 80 % of the revenue being generated on this platform , and what is being delivered to customers , is created by people other than Tradeshift it would be a great measure of success and show how we could actually create value for an ecosystem .”
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