Dickeson--Don't Be Stupid About Paper

Cutting Out Intermediaries
The "dot com" companies of the Internet like Amazon, Buy, E-bay and dozens more have taught us the power of "disintermediation" in a hurry. That's simplifying by cutting out the intermediaries—that is, the retailer/broker/agent/wholesaler supply chain thing. We must do the same for the paper information chain. Paper mills must have direct access to our operating databases for our usage experience to bring us closer to the JIT inventory ideal and to analyze problems.