The telecom industry’s radical shift this year from a supply-driven marketplace to a demand-driven model has significantly impacted not only how carriers market and sell their products, but how they purchase their own network equipment. In the current economic climate, achieving operational efficiencies and reducing cost has taken on paramount importance.
Insight's research suggests that the only way operators and their suppliers will be able to succeed in the new demand-driven marketplace is by practicing effective supply chain management, streamlining purchasing processes and reducing time-to-market. Successful functional core component firms will address oversupply problems, meet demands for new construction and operator buildouts, follow key industry standards, and improve available technology in often-neglected areas such as power plant operations. Leaders will also take advantage of a key shift in the supply chain infrastructure: large equipment vendors outsourcing manufacturing operations.
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