Are You the Weakest Link?
Misplaced self-concepts aren’t qualitatively much different among the larger houses, although financial management is much more sophisticated when it comes to understanding the balance-sheet impacts of inventories, consignment and other fixed assets.
The process reflected in resource allocation, productivity and profitability considerations is the dynamic we know as the supply, or value, chain. If you apply this concept in your strategic thinking—whether it is about your job description or corporate mission—you will dramatically increase your effectiveness and profitability, as well as job satisfaction.
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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.