As a community, we can build the future of the supply chain—but only by having strong conversations, radical collaboration, and a commitment to each other.
Fantastic article, and I agree with everything that you mentioned. Something that I find particularly interesting is that collaboration and competition are typically viewed as polar opposites, but I've found that both are similar catalyst for innovation. On one side, collaboration involves sharing of best practices and leveraging learnings from each other. On the other side, competition involves experimenting with innovations in an attempt to gain an edge. Both result in the adoption and spread of innovation!
Dear Mark, very poignant, powerful enlightening, thought provoking, curious, inquisitive and relevant! And I agree with mari above in the fear distributors have currently in shifting their actions into relevancy for the current scenario. Which is changing dramatically on a daily basis, led by other industries, distribution and supply change, endeavors to be able to keep up with the needs of their customers.
Great article Mark. I agree we need radical collaboration. Unfortunately many distributors are afraid to share inventory numbers for fear of losing business to another distributor. We need to overcome that issue before we will see more adoption of network platforms where visibility is available for everyone.
Fantastic article, and I agree with everything that you mentioned. Something that I find particularly interesting is that collaboration and competition are typically viewed as polar opposites, but I've found that both are similar catalyst for innovation. On one side, collaboration involves sharing of best practices and leveraging learnings from each other. On the other side, competition involves experimenting with innovations in an attempt to gain an edge. Both result in the adoption and spread of innovation!
Dear Mark, very poignant, powerful enlightening, thought provoking, curious, inquisitive and relevant! And I agree with mari above in the fear distributors have currently in shifting their actions into relevancy for the current scenario. Which is changing dramatically on a daily basis, led by other industries, distribution and supply change, endeavors to be able to keep up with the needs of their customers.
Great article Mark. I agree we need radical collaboration. Unfortunately many distributors are afraid to share inventory numbers for fear of losing business to another distributor. We need to overcome that issue before we will see more adoption of network platforms where visibility is available for everyone.