The development of Centers of Excellence is an important trend in the supply chain.

In fact, Gartner says that 71% of its list of the top 25 supply chain for 2014 are users of the COE concept.

What is a Supply Chain Center of Excellence? How are they structured? What are the benefits and keys to success?

We cover all this and more in this two-part Thought Leadership Video series. Part 1 includes Rich Becks, an executive at supply chain technology provider E2open, who discusses with SCDigest editor Dan Gilmore the basics of Supply Chain COEs.

In part 2, available in a couple of weeks, Joe DiIorio from Seagate Technology will provide a case study on the tech giant's hugely successful effort to build a COE to drive its supply chain transformation.

Not to be missed for anyone interested in the Centers of Excellence concept.

View the part 1 video now below. Take advantage of a related research report to the right on Centers of Excellence.