EXHIBIT 9: SUPPLY CHAIN RANKINGS BY GARTNER GROUP Peer Opinion' Gartner Opinion Three-Year Three-Year Inventory Weighted (172 voters) (33 voters) Weighted Turns Revenue Composite Rank Company (25%) (25%) ROA (25%) (15%) Growth (10%) Score 1 Apple 3,203 470 22.3% 82.7 52.5% 9.51 23456789 McDonald's 1,197 353 15.8% 147.5 5.9% 5.87 Amazon.com 3,115 475 1.9% 9.3 33.6% 5.86 Unilever 1,469 522 10.5% 6.5 9.0% 5.04 Intel 756 515 15.6% 4.2 11.4% 4.97 P&G 1,901 493 8.6% 5.8 3.6% 4.91 Cisco Systems 1,167 517 8.5% 11.2 7.8% 4.67 Samsung Electronics 1,264 298 11.6% 18.5 15.7% 4.35 The Coca-Cola Co. 1,779 278 11.7% 5.5 14.0% 4.33 10 Colgate-Palmolive 794 324 18.9% 5.2 3.6% 4.27 11 Dell 1,409 342 6.2% 30.7 -0.6% 4.05 12 Inditex 745 221 18.0% 4.2 13.4% 3.85 13 Wal-Mart Stores 1,629 282 8.8% 8.1 4.9% 3.79 14 15 45 Nike 955 236 14.1% 4.2 10.6% 3.62 Starbucks 808 159 16.5% 4.8 11.5% 3.41 16 PepsiCo 810 314 8.6% 7.8 10.5% 3.41 762222222 17 H&M 399 41 28.2% 3.7 6.7% 3.22 18 Caterpillar 714 247 5.8% 2.8 23.4% 2.91 19 3M 999 105 13.3% 4.2 6.9% 2.87 20 Lenovo Group 397 211 2.5% 22.2 29.8% 2.75 21 Nestl 679 112 13.3% 5.1 -0.6% 2.51 Ford Motor 552 231 5.7% 15.1 3.1% 2.51 23 Cummins 74 139 13.3% 5.3 13.5% 2.48 24 Qualcomm 122 45 12.7% 8.5 25.9% 2.37 25 Johnson & Johnson 730 144 9.6% 2.9 3.3% 2.35