Are You the Weakest Link?
Understanding where you fit in the supply chain, and what core value you add to it—as an individual or a company—can provide a competitive edge. It will also enable you to readjust your sights as trends in the marketplace shift.
For example, publishing professionals engaged in manufacturing and production know that the global outsourcing model is re-locating the value proposition both to outside vendors as well as to those in other countries. It doesn’t mean that manufacturing and production are no longer important, but that their position in some supply chains has shifted.
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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.