When times get tough, the best way for some companies to cope could very well come from the outside. This remedy will prove particularly useful for manufacturers that are able to outsource their supply chain and farm out capital costs to service providers.
Just two years ago, with Asia's economies--especially China and India--showing red-hot growth, economists believed the saying that "when the US sneezes, the world catches the flu" ceased to hold true. But, the current global economic slowdown has underscored just how true the statement is.
today's recession, which started in the United States, has severely affected business and consumer confidence worldwide. "Consumers are minimizing their spending and factories will receive fewer orders from retailers and wholesalers.
The organizations that will benefit most from the changing economic conditions will be those that can successfully transfer capital costs and liability to external service providers, while maintaining insight and control.
Companies can outsource supply chain management (SCM) and make strategic use of SCM applications that automate transactions and information flow, and free resources to better meet fluctuating market needs.
Apart from improving efficiencies in managing exchange of information, employing SCM helps companies remain flexible and responsive to the demands of the changing environment, which are key to survival in a recession climate. Manufacturers and distributors should think about the opportunities the current economic slowdown offers. This is probably the best time for them to go back, look at the drawing board and see what they need to do.
A small percentage improvement that reduces operational costs can quickly aggregate up to a major difference in bottom-line performance, both in the short term and as the business starts to grow again
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Gail Selby
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