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December 2015
It’s December, and time once again for our annual Executive Guide to Supply Chain Resources. This is a comprehensive guide to services, products, and educational opportunities targeted specifically to supply chain professionals. The editors at Supply Chain Management Review wish all of our readers a successful year to come. Browse this issue archive.Need Help? Contact customer service 847-559-7581 More options
As the Thanksgiving holiday approaches, hosts and hostesses all over the United States are thinking not only about food shopping lists but about family dynamics. Who’s coming this year? Is Uncle Jeff still not speaking to his nephew Brandon? And that simmering argument about party politics that broke out last year: Are the cousins over that now?
Close relationships are not always synonymous with good relationships. And the same is true between businesses that have worked together for a long time.
In particular, tight links between companies and their suppliers have been touted as a business strategy to improve performance through, among other things, increased efficiency and innovation. But just as with personal relationships, the ties can become unhealthy for one or both sides. There’s a dysfunctional “dark side” to business relationships—one where complacency, closed-mindedness, short cuts, and “group think” overshadow the good side of close interactions.
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As the Thanksgiving holiday approaches, hosts and hostesses all over the United States are thinking not only about food shopping lists but about family dynamics. Who's coming this year? Is Uncle Jeff still not speaking to his nephew Brandon? And that simmering argument about party politics that broke out last year: Are the cousins over that now?
Close relationships are not always synonymous with good relationships. And the same is true between businesses that have worked together for a long time.
In particular, tight links between companies and their suppliers have been touted as a business strategy to improve performance through, among other things, increased efficiency and innovation. But just as with personal relationships, the ties can become unhealthy for one or both sides. There's a dysfunctional “dark side” to business relationships—one where complacency, closed-mindedness, short cuts, and “group think” overshadow the good side of close interactions.
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