The human link
Departmental thought worlds can distort supply chain reality one bit at a time
By Tarikere T. Niranjan and Shashank Rao
Supply chain management traditionally has grappled with the technical side of the problem, whereas supply chains are socio-technical systems. ERP after clever ERP has failed because it does not recognize the humanistic part of the problem.
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