Big data can provide contextual intelligence, which would work as a catalyst in supply chain operations. While legacy ERP (Efficient Resource planning) and SCM (Supply Chain Management) are designed for order, shipment and transactional data, big data can create knowledge sharing supplier networks, revolutionizing the supply chain. Delivery networks can be optimized using geoanalytics, which fixes one of the major challenges in this business. Companies that have adopted big data analytics say that there is improvement in customer service and demand forecasting and optimization of inventory and asset productivity. Read more at: http://www.forbes.com/sites/louiscolumbus/2015/07/13/ten-ways-big-data-is-revolutionizing-supply-chain-management/