VALUES WEB – change in partnership relations
There is a transformation of the supply chain into a Value Web. In other words, we move from a linear development of the flow of collaborations in the creation of the product, to an “unstructured”, branched and dynamic flow (which adapts to various product variations) in which each point works in synergy with every other point (this can happen today thanks to the existence of the Web).
The characteristic of the new Values Webare:
● distribution of production facilities on the territory. The trend towards the de-localization of product development in the new dimension of Smart Fabrication, with a final phase that can be located anywhere in the Globe (for example with new versions of transplants and Franchising production©) leads to the need to extend the Values Web to global level, <see “New Production / Distribution methods: Franchising-Transplant Factories” >
● opening of the Values Web to operators who do not participate in the current “chain”:
– the Customer of the product.
– anyone who wants to contribute to product development: the Crowd, Company employees, etc.
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The introduction of the Values Web therefore also involves a change in the partnership relations. Not only is it necessary to have a greater integration of the Partners distributed on the Globe; but it is necessary to redefine the methods of collaboration. The Company must therefore be able to work with the Partner in both directions: it must also be able to receive input from the various local Partners to improve its product.
