The Supply Chain Side of the Story - UPS Supply Chain Solutions analyzes how sector leaders are managing for growth

摘要

There have been plenty of changes in supply chain management over the years, and Gene Long, President, Consulting Services, UPS Supply Chain Solutions, has plenty of experience in what's worked and what hasn't. We asked him to comment on some of the most important trends he's seeing today in three of this year's top sectors: healthcare and life sciences, high-tech, and retail. According to Long, this is a sector that is "operating on a distribution network infrastructure." In addition, there are "layers of folks operating between the ultimate consumer of medical services and goods, and the OEMs that make the stuff that gets consumed. This model has been growing in complexity, diversity, and complication over the last three decades, and a lot of attention is now being paid to this extremely dense distribution channel. At the same time, there are a tremendous number of intermediaries in the healthcare delivery supply chain who have increasingly been questioning the value they're receiving."