Introduction
GE is a conglomerate company with a presence in various industries, including manufacturing, finance, and healthcare. The wide nature of GE business comes with greatest challenges especially when collaboration is needed. From the core aspect of GE business it is clear that it has wide range of professions and people from diverse backgrounds. It also has many suppliers who have different production and supply chain strategies. Above all, GE operates in 130 countries across the world (ge.com). Global supply chain management best practices are very important for GE. Collaboration is among the best practices in supply chain and companies that have mastered the art of collaboration both in internal and external aspects, can cut down operation costs and enjoy competitive advantage (Supply Chain Collaboration, 2017). This paper will address the role of collaboration in the global supply chain of GE. Specifically, the paper will address regional trade agreements that influence GE, consequences of characterizing a product wrongly, NAFTA tribunal, global collaboration, global supply chain strategy, and global risk factor.
