From apparel to high technology, the dual forces of outsourcing and globalization have led to a rapid supply chain disintegration and increasing coordination complexity. Product designers, marketers and manufacturers that were previously located in a single facility are today spread over several continents in organizations with different cultures, languages and business objectives. Companies must learn to collaborate better, both within their own far-flung organizations and across the extended enterprise. Technology can help overcome a few specific hurdles but larger hurdles of trust, shared knowledge, shared ownership and shared knowledge remain barriers to mutually beneficial collaboration.”]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/2118594/harnessing-the-power-of-partnerships.html