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Article: Three problems that linger: accurate costing data, information integration, and people development remain the black holes that need to be filled for supply chain success. (Insights).
- Article from:
- Supply Chain Management Review
- Article date:
- March 1, 2003
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A few months ago, I had the opportunity to participate in an executive seminar that had the theme of "new developments" in supply chain and logistics. In the last session of the last day, the faculty sat as a panel to respond to wrap-up questions from the audience, which included a number of industry heavy hitters. The one question that seemed to stop everyone in their tracks was this: "We have spent the last three days discussing all of the great concepts, processes, hardware, software, and so on that we can envision for the future. But what are the three most important current supply chain problems that have not yet been solved?" The whole room, including the faculty, ...