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Future Forward Logistics: Creating an Extended Global Enterprise Report
Chainlink Research, April 2004
As enterprises focus on perceived 'core functions', more activities are outsourced to third party providers of goods and services. This extended supply chain of manufacturers of products-- from raw materials; work in process (WIP) all the way through 'store-ready' products -- comprises a complex combination of functions performed in different geographic locations. The common thread from source to consumption is logistics -- the intricate process of moving goods and information, in compliance with a global environment of rules, regulations and customer requirements.
Taking the 'road less traveled' -- Highway 50 in North Carolina -- reveals a series of ghost towns. Empty warehouses and manufacturing operations are evidence of the many changes that the next evolution of the industrial revolution has resulted in. Technology and automation have created an environment where it is possible to ensure the same consistency and quality of product, anywhere in the world. Those mainstays of the American weekend - jeans, T-shirt and sneakers - are no longer 'Made in the USA'. More likely, they are the result of an extended manufacturing process, with components being sewn and assembled across multiple continents.
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