Why Are Value Networks So Hard to Build

The evolution of supply chain management practices to build effective networks is slow. It is painful and often not well understood. 

Supply chains are complex. Today, companies span more markets. The need for market-segmentation is increasing. Companies 

In parallel, companies have become more dependent on third-party trading relationships. Outsourced manufacturing and logistics are today s reality. Companies today find that they need to plan globally to execute locally across a diverse network bidirectionally yet, the functional leaders are not incented to build value networks. To effectively plan, companies need to value the important, but the metrics reward the urgent. 

Leaders look at the problem and wonder, Why isn t it easier Supply chain collaboration to build the most effective end-to-end value network sounds simple, but it has not happened effectively. Why There are some basic problems  

We live in a world where supply chains, not companies, compete for market dominance. But companies often have diverging incentives and interests from their supply chain partners, so when they 

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