Sunday, February 20, 2011
BUY THEM OUT
I thought this was pretty good.
Apple Buys Up Touchscreens, Limiting Supply for Rivals
They say 60% and climbing. That is quite a lot.
No one ever thinks about the manufacturing or the hard side of these businesses any more. But is as much about the ability to deliver as anything else. If you can't supply the innovation you don't have one.
The great fear in our business, management training, was that we would not have the capacity or the distribution to serve the clientele. There is no coming back from telling someone they cannot have you now.
Undoubtedly, there was some value in delay. The caché of being popular and just enough hard-to-get a-date-with. It was a stimulant and excitement to have us. But you can't go too far with that.
It is a limited spark and incentive to continued sales. After the first one, you become a commodity to the customer, the luster is gone. They move the business to the buying department. Now they want you to deliver and on time too.
This screen thing has to be killing the competition.
Just think. You have a cell phone or handheld of some kind and you can't get the screen or can't get enough of them when you need them. Things are so fast paced to day that your 15 minutes of fame can be gone in a minute.
Labels: computer, technology
