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Without proper protections, suppliers will not send technical specifications of products over the Internet, and customers will be unable to complete Internet deals.
Much of the world is working to reduce its dependence on volatile or unsavory energy suppliers by adopting new technologies such as hydraulic fracturing and increasing purchases from places like Australia, Norway, Qatar, and the United States, which has eased restrictions on the export of natural resources.
In its 2011 fiscal year, Hewlett-Packard used more than 600 SMEs in its supply chain in the United Kingdom, representing nearly 10% of its spending on suppliers.
Similarly, in March 2012, a consortium of large corporations led by IBM created the web-based Supplier Connection to make it easier for small businesses to become suppliers to large companies.
With modern highways, port facilities, and communications links available, a cellular phone manufacturer in Shenzhen might receive just-in-time deliveries of parts several times a day from suppliers that are only hours away.
To this end, public institutions could certify and list suppliers that meet quality standards, or bring owners together in buying consortia – an approach that has helped the United Kingdom’s social-housing agencies cut costs on some items by more than 20%.
Beyond these policy actions, Europe also needs to speak with one voice when dealing with monopoly suppliers such as Russia – or, in the future, with an Iran that might one day become linked to the planned Caspian pipelines.
Oil production has more than halved since 1997, in no small part because the state-owned oil company has repeatedly defaulted on suppliers and joint-venture partners.
According to a recent estimate, 40% of the value added to the final goods that the US imports from Mexico come from the US;Mexico contributes 30-40% of that value; the remainder is provided by foreign suppliers.
If the Trump administration succeeds in raising the share of content that must be produced within NAFTA to qualify for zero tariffs, both the US and Mexico could “reclaim” parts of the manufacturing supply chain that have been lost to foreign suppliers.
Stricter rules of origin could also boost investment by these suppliers in production and employment in both Mexico and the US.
As a result, they rely on barter, using goods of little value (such as empty residential buildings) in order to pay their suppliers.
To keep oil suppliers from selling their products at market prices, the government discourages petroleum exports and the development of new pipelines to the East.
Two weeks ago, at the Open Project Foundation in Moscow, I saw a startup called Antropolis, which provides a map of community development projects and data about them: who’s in charge, budgets, suppliers, and so forth.
But this line of reasoning has a dangerous weakness: It assumes that a legal cartel – one proposed model for regulating supply – would crowd out illegal suppliers by providing ivory to the market at a lower cost.
That way, if something goes wrong with their suppliers' systems, at least they will have something on their shelves.
The value of these benefits would dwarf the value likely to be reaped by suppliers of mobile devices and Internet services.
Proponents of a bailout for the Big Three have emphasized the enormous job losses associated with a bankruptcy scenario, including not only jobs directly provided by the automakers, but also jobs with parts suppliers, auto dealers, and in the transport and advertising industries.
In fact, modern corporations struggle to create a sense of a collaborative community of employees, managers, suppliers, lenders, distributors, service providers, customers, and shareholders, all cooperating to create value by better satisfying customer needs and aspirations.
Apple expects its suppliers to treat their workers humanely.
Suppliers’ targets could be differentiated, reflecting countries’ varying potential for deploying renewables or developing renewable-technology industries.
Digitization is changing everything: the nature of the goods changing hands, the universe of potential suppliers and customers, the method of delivery, and the capital and scale required to operate globally.
Companies interacting with their foreign operations, suppliers, and customers account for a large and growing share of global Internet traffic.
They provided a highly efficient means of obtaining information about markets, suppliers, and sources of finance.
Of course, Ukraine was not the only country put at risk by this brinksmanship; suppliers such as Turkmenistan, geographically locked into transit requirements through Russia, also suffer.
It is more feasible to diversify the supply chain, albeit incrementally, by importing gas from distant producers rather than from monopolistic suppliers next door.
This is where an “Energy Alliance” of consumers and suppliers could be useful, starting with the nations of Europe helping to guarantee the energy supplies of others in a major disruption.
New and alternative pipelines such as Nabucco must be built, and closer relationships with other suppliers encouraged.
Only a strong and unified European voice, reinforced by the option of alternative supplies, can counter intimidation tactics by powerful suppliers.
Closer European cooperation would give the EU greater leverage when dealing not only with suppliers like Russia, but also with other consumers like the United States and Asia’s emerging economies.
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