#Vertical Integration

Vertical integration is the grandiose term for a strategy in which a company controls everything from raw material extraction to product sales, building an impervious realm. Hailed as the holy grail of competitive dominance, it secretly lures the unwary into a labyrinth of internal politics and cost wrangling. The tighter the so-called efficiency grip, the more the workforce contorts, and creativity locks itself away behind an approval shackled door. In the end, what remains is a prison called the supply chain, and the battered souls who run it.