The presentation program PowerPoint has had a great impact on the way we present ideas and as well as supporting evidence for our claims. The problem is that sometimes these ideas are — intentionally or unintentionally — presented as an existing practice.
Take the phrase “supply chains”, for example. Supply Chains are frequently depicted in PowerPoint presentations in a linear format with the focal company in the middle. In todays version of PowerPoint, a colorful representation of supply chains takes only few clicks. Microsoft Office ‘95 and Office ‘97 were launched during a period of time where supply chain management also started to become a widespread phrase.
Is there a relationship between the development of PowerPoint and the use of “supply chain” to explain business practices?
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Images of “supply chain management” « Interorganisational - Supply Chain Management // August 15, 2007 at 10:22 pm
[...] This is the result of a brief search on Google for “supply chain management” Images. These do depict SCM as a form of an ideal order, but what is much more difficult to explain is how this condition is to be achieved (provided that we understand the circumstances under which SCM is a preferred approach). We are still tempted to asked whether supply chains are the creation of PowerPoint?! [...]
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