
584 Principles of Supply Chain Management
Global Business Perspective
Global competition forced companies to consider the merit of having partners who could
help in reducing costs, increasing market scope, reducing response times, and develop-
ing new products. Competition also forced companies to consider how to make their
supply chains effective and efcient. One of the goals was to develop integrated supply
chains in which partners could collaborate to achieve perfection in customer service.
Supply chain integration implied the need to reduce variation and differences among
participants.
Globalization will continue to be a major driver of busines ...