EOG: Supply chain cohesion needed or ecosystem fails
28/04/2020
Mark Held said the EOG was formed by industry competitors who shared the belief that on certain topics, cooperation is sometimes essential for the advancement of the sector.
He said: “Our industry is a complex ecosystem of suppliers, brands, retailers, distributors, logistics providers, and more. If any of these components fail entirely, then the ecosystem as
a whole can suffer. “If we are to preserve the current supply chain and especially the specialist outdoor retail network during this challenging time, long term partnerships and support are more important than ever before."
He added that short-term unilateral decision making and policy creation without consideration of the wider impact should be avoided.
“This global crisis has affected everyone, and assigning blame to any one subset of our ecosystem is counterproductive. Appropriate, immediate action to preserve interests should be taken, but we also urge all organisations to look ahead and plan beyond the current situation in order to avoid the consequences of damaging relationships and ecosystem stability,” he added.
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