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The obstacles to good supply chain management are described in the course materials and other resources.

1. Rank, in order, the following previously listed obstacles from the greatest to the least significant:
o more demanding customers
o shorter product lifecycles
o globalization
o increase in product type, customization and variety

2. Justify why you ranked your first and last choices.

3. Do you see any other obstacles to supply chain management?

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1. Rank, in order, the following previously listed obstacles from the greatest to the least significant:

In my opinion, the obstacle with the greatest significance is the increase in product type, customization and variety, which has made it extremely important for companies to make their supply chain systems flexible enough to adapt to these ongoing changes. Today's corporations need to be ready to accommodate new products in their supply chain systems. Another listed obstacle, ie, "shorter product lifestyles", also stems out from this obstacle in the sense that increase in product type, customization and variety has made the product lifecycle extremely ...

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