Are You the Weakest Link?
Consider UPS, USPS, DHL or FedEx who connect components or finished products from diverse vendors to assemblers or customers around the world; or the trade shop that applies full and spot color to special substrates that become inserts in magazines or books. Each of these “outsource” links rely on their own supply chains, where they are the core, in order to function effectively among many links to their customers.
- Places:
- New York
- United States
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.