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Falling out of the top 25 this year were Inditex/Zara, Pfizer, Dell, and Nike.
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Let's take a look.
The former AMR Research brilliantly came up with the top 25 idea in 2004. Gartner then acquired AMR in 2010. Over the last few years, the concept has been extended, so that we now have a "Next 25," plus the top 25 healthcare, industrial, and consumer goods supply chains, etc.
At previous Gartner conferences, when asking around a bit, I found - not surprisingly - that very few supply chain practitioners have any real idea how the list is determined. They only know if they are in or they are out, and that's about all that matters.
This year Schneider Electric came out on top for the third straight year - sort of.
I put it that way because again in 2025, Apple, Procter & Gamble, Amazon, and Unilever were left off the formal top 25, as those four companies have been placed in a separate relatively new category called "Supply Chain Masters," a sort of supply chain hall of fame. To get there, Gartner says a company needs to have attained top-five composite scores for at least seven out of the last 10 years.
This means Schneider might really be rated as anywhere from the first to 5th best supply chain, if the Master companies were included.
Why does Gartner do this? It frankly may have to do with in effect getting more companies in the top 25 plus the Masters category combined - Gartner clients like that recognition, of course. It may also allow the top 25 list to appear a bit more dynamic.
As I have said before, I find the Masters list idea a little goofy, but so be it.
With Amazon, Apple, P&G, and Unilever withdrawn from the competition, the rest of the top 10 after Schneider Electric were: (2) NVIDIA; (3) Cisco; (4) AstraZeneca; (5) Johnson & Johnson; (6) L’Oreal; (7) Colgate-Palmolive; (8) Lenovo; (9) Microsoft; and (10) Danone.
Below is a chart of this year's Top 25, also with where each company placed in the previous year (NA means not in the top 25 last year):
Four new companies made the Supply Chain Top 25 this year versus 2024, those being: Novartis, General Mills, Sanofi and GSK.
Falling out of the top 25 this year were Inditex/Zara, Pfizer, Dell, and Nike.
So, you ask, how on earth is the top 25 determined? I’ll be back with the answer to that next week.
The Gartner top 25 supply chains - it has its faults, but it is the best we've got. I look forward to it every year. It certainly stirs the pot
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