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More Ominous Signs of Supply Chain Structural Change

12th January 2010

Blog By Bob Ferrari’s on Supply Chain Business Process and Technology

No sooner has 2010 begun and we find evidence of large industry influencers embarking on the first steps toward what could ultimately become significant disintermediation and power change within industry supply chains.

This week’s two significant evidence points were a Wal-Mart announcement related to how it intends to cut additional billions of dollars of costs from its supply chain, and Google’s announcement concerning its newly launched Nexus One smartphone.

Read Bob Ferreri’s blog in full

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