Social Media/Supply Chain Management with Pharmaceutical Manufacturer a Tough Pill to Swallow
Carina Fato
October 26, 2016
On the day I read the content of this case study I had a nasty headache. As I reached for my bottle of Tylenol I wondered how does the manufacturing industry use social media and the resulting supply chain management ? Having close relatives in this industry and for confidentiality reasons I decided to look into the manufacturing/vendor side as opposed to discussing a large well-known pharmaceutical company. What I learned at this level of this industry was it has various levels of complexities of graphs, processes and disconnected communications.
The battle line is drawn. Everyone in business should be involved in social media. The statistics in the two video links below are staggering: