Goodbye IFI?

[Erin Rapacki]

Jane, I agree with your statement. Businesses must do what is appropriate to strengthen their organization by adjusting supply chains, and supply chains change because of pricing, logistics, quality, or the supplier stops existing entirely. I presume the changes stem from those issues in supply chain and FIRST, IFI, or both organizations felt a change was needed in order to meet long term goals. All businesses make adjustments in supply, their employees are responsible for the decisions (usually based on cost), and no customers have a say in the decision until they stop purchasing the product.

An example: A TV manufacturer must keep costs down to remain competitive on a certain model. A supplier of a component increases its pricing because they are redesigning the component to meet the needs of other TV manufacturers so they could sell one component across the board for all old and new TV models. The original manufacturer decides to drop that supplier and design the component themselves so they pay minimum and won't get more than they need (and like to pay for) in the component.

I have no idea what's going on, and probably shouldn't have even bothered posting. I'm just saying that I'm not surprised if/when large changes happen.