My mom warned me against it as a kid. You know, eating too much candy or drinking too much pop. Did you ever listen to that advice? I know I seldom did.

We can all learn a lot from my Mom. Turns out, Mom’s advice is important for supply chain planners.

For supply chain planning, collaboration is the new candy. Seems like the answer to all our supply chain woes is collaboration.

Don’t get us wrong, it's necessary and valuable. But that doesn’t mean that every decision needs collaboration. Collaboration is, in our humble opinion, an exception process. Use it where value can be added and it makes sense (things like promotional planning, new products, etc).

If you view collaboration like most kids treat candy, guess what? You’ll end up with an upset stomach. Just like my Mom warned.