Leveraging the Supply Chain: How Manufacturers Can Improve Profits
While many companies have grown from small local enterprises to become global leaders in their industries, more than 80 percent of them fail to capture the full returns of their global investments, according to a new study conducted by Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu (New York).
"Most global manufacturers focus on addressing the individual pieces of their far-flung global network--the complex web of suppliers, production and R&D facilities, distribution centers, sales subsidiaries, channel partners, and customers, and the flow of goods, services, information, and finance that link them--that comprise their supply chain," says Gary Coleman, global manufacturing industry leader.