What's the Point of a CSCO?

Unlike finance or sales, supply chain is a business discipline that’s still very much in its infancy. The conditions giving rise to the Chief Supply Chain Officer role have only been around for about 25 years. Outsourced manufacturing, free trade with China and other emerging economies, and most importantly, connected information systems from ERP to cloud, all make the CSCO a hot seat for the next generation of corporate executives.