WHAT THE REAL - TIME SUPPLY CHAIN LOOKS LIKE

摘要

To breathe new life into logistics, IBM merged 30 supply chains supporting its brands into one global on-demand network. IN THE EARLY '90s, IBM veered off course. One of the areas Big Blue explored to right the ship was its supply chain, says Gary Smith, IBM's vice president of global logistics. "Our management understood that we could no longer manufacture products everywhere in the world," says Smith. "But if we were going to take away from our manufacturing operations and still satisfy our customers, we had to beef up our supply chain processes."