Global-supply management requires integrated, inclusive, real-time technology

Supply Siders

By Bob Evans
InformationWeek
January 13, 2003 12:00 AM (From the January 13, 2003 issue)

Archimedes, a guy who bought into leverage way before the concept became fashionable, reportedly summed up the power of the idea this way: "Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world."

A couple of thousand years later, businesses of all sizes--from global corporations to small specialty manufacturers--are trying to redefine their relationships with their suppliers to lower costs, raise quality, increase speed, and reduce risk. In so doing, they're applying some Archimedean thinking as they attempt to move beyond the tactical realms of purchasing, procurement, and sourcing and into the more strategic area some analysts and observers are referring to as global-supply management.

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