Edward Sweeney, Director of Learning NITL says the key drivers of supply management in Ireland are continuing globalisation, outsourcing and vertical disintegration. “There used to be an orthodox thinking for many years that you can source any product worldwide but now this assumption has been challenged due to the unfavourable global economic environment at the moment. Companies have major problems with transport issues and distance is something which needs to be managed when transporting goods. This allows speedy product development and fast delivery services with lower costs”

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