Saturday, October 16, 2010

Speed-to-Market

Over the years, 3M has developed its business units to include thousands of products, several in which 3M has taken a vertical integration approach to production and manufacturing of the product. One product line in particular is its Inhalation Drug Delivery systems. The use of vertical integration within the product line allows for the final good to be deliver sooner than if this integration did not exist. Vertical integration allows for one company to own or manage several stages or companies along the supply chain of the production of a good. The article below provides a greater insight to the medical division of the company.

http://solutions.3m.com/3MContentRetrievalAPI/BlobServlet?locale=en_WW&lmd=1222963521000&assetId=1180605258922&assetType=MMM_Image&blobAttribute=ImageFile

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