To take another industry I am well acquainted with, the transformation of the media ecosystem, the supply and demand dynamics of professional writers have completely changed, leaving some writers poorer (and some richer).
Many media middlemen in the unraveling supply chain (including record labels, studios, publishers, radio and TV stations, brokers, agents and dealers), may not find new roles in the digital future.
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The company has struck numerous content deals with media companies, established an efficient supply chain for DVD delivery, enriched its online content, and maintained excellent customer service.
Businesses need to get a better handle on the reality that underlies their messages, because social media are more interested in your supply chain than how you brand it.
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While social media can impact the worker experience and our supply chains, where it will have the largest effect is on that most important constituent of all: our customers.
But with the coming political fight over the debt ceiling, media attention to guns may remain in relatively short supply, especially as Sandy Hook recedes in the rearview mirror.
Certainly something involving media, where trust is crucial, and in short supply.
Would a Google system ever have a buyer take money out of Google media and allocate it to Microsoft, Yahoo, Apple or other supply-side aggregators?
No matter how polished the WebOS variant will be, there will never be the support of legions of coders, the media partners to drive a store, or the advertising networks to supply extra income streams for everyone involved.
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Computer geek Leonardo Bonanni PhD, came upon this problem as a Visiting Scientist at MITs Media Lab, and decided the way best way foster true transparency was to map out product supply chains, one product and company at a time.
Conservative MP Louise Mensch went even further, suggested an enforced "blackout" of social media sites during future disturbances, arguing that it would stop inaccurate rumours about trouble (in no short supply on the evenings of the riots) spreading online.
Driven by the counter-intuitive economics of the Internet and computing technology, the spread of Internet Everywhere is deconstructing the supply chains in a wide range of once-mature industries, including broadcasting, telecommunications, mass media, computing and consumer electronics, to name just a few.
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