Tapping the Supply Chain Opportunity
A flow chart comes alive
The supply chain concept provides infinite opportunities for business and workflow analysis on broadly strategic as well as highly granular levels. It can take place on the back of an envelope while relaxing in flight or as the keystone of a company-wide planning process. It works for large and small companies, and even in job positioning, as a tool for helping set goals, priorities, and allocations of time, resources and effort.
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.