Tapping the Supply Chain Opportunity
As a consequence, while many possibilities exist for them to become key links in supply chain management opportunities created by today’s multiformat product life cycles, primarily only the conglomerate firms such as RR Donnelley and Quebecor World have effectively extended their reach in this manner.
Eugene G. Schwartz is editor at large for ForeWord Reviews, an industry observer and an occasional columnist for Book Business magazine. In an earlier career, he was in the printing business and held production management positions at Random House, Prentice-Hall/Goodyear and CRM Books/Psychology Today. A former PMA (IBPA) board member, he has headed his own publishing consultancy, Consortium House. He is also Co-Founder of Worthy Shorts Inc., a development stage online private press and publication service for professionals as well as an online back office publication service for publishers and associations. He is on the Publishing Business Conference and Expo Advisory Board.