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  • Collaboration networks: Tackling the challenges of large-scale change

    Cesare Rotundo, Director, Customer Solutions, E2open - Wednesday, July 27, 2011 - 0 Comments
    Cesare Rotundo - Collaboration networks: Tackling the challenges of large-scale change

    In the first blog of this series I positioned “rupture points” as key drivers of supply chain collaboration for today’s international manufacturers. Rupture points appear when competitive pressures force deep changes in the supply chain strategy. For this blog, I’ll focus on a rupture point caused by “vertical” motions developed across multiple tiers of outsourced trading partners.  More »

  • What’s driving supply chain collaboration? Rupture points.

    Cesare Rotundo, Director, Customer Solutions, E2open - Friday, July 22, 2011 - 0 Comments
    Cesare Rotundo - What’s driving supply chain collaboration? Rupture points.

    After analyzing the reasons why some companies make supply chain collaboration an investment priority, I noticed that for many of them the decision comes after they experience firsthand “rupture points” in their value chains. What is a rupture point in this context? At any point in time, the extended supply chain of an enterprise is under pressure by market dynamics—including competitive pressure in the form of product capabilities and price wars, demand volatility... More »