IS YOUR PUPPY SAFE?
We can almost all agree that a supply chain in its raw format has a heartbeat, and therefore must almost be living.
I’m going to create a relativity simple supply chain in my head and I want you to do the same for the purpose of this blog……………………….ok done.
Now I want you to picture your view of the supply chain as a puppy (stop frowning, go with me on this), and give it a name. I will call mine Tyler for this experiment.
Tyler is a needy little thing, forever needing care and attention, it’s very hard to ever understand what he wants and I always seem to be cleaning up after him.
The problem is Tyler is not just mine; I share him with a few other people on my street. I live at number 6; there are 10 houses on my street. Every day, at the same time Tyler comes to my house, we do our thing, I look after him, feed him and walk him. And after our few hours of fun he’s off next door, where my neighbour has him for a few hours, and then he’s off again. And so on, and so on, he does this every day up and down my street.
But there are problems, every now and then Tyler will be late (causing me issues with me day), he will be tired and not want to play cause someone else has warn him out (not much fun for me), he will be filthy from playing in mud next door and I will have to clean him (again not much fun for me), he will be ill and need to see the vet, caused by too much variety in his diet (we all feed him different things). At this rate me and my neighbour’s are going to fall out, and Tyler will get seriously ill.
What am I going to do? What would you do?
What if we all had a web cam so at any time we could check up on Tyler’s antics and talk to each other, I could plan my day much better and we could all keep a close eye on Tyler and most importantly communicate our plans to each other. This would fix the things I’m sure, and keep us all happy in the knowledge Tyler is safe, well and healthy. I would also be able to finally see who is sending him round covered in mud and have a quiet word.
There is a message in here I promise you, what it is, is visibility. Ask yourself, when your puppy leaves you for the day, do you have any idea what he is going to get up to? Or just as important do you have any idea what he’s doing right now?
If you have any questions on visibility or ways in which to get it, ping me a message. I am always happy to talk.
Thanks again everyone.
Chris
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