What should unions and employers do in order to successfully administer a collective agreement? What are some challenges that they face with doing so? Acquisitions have been fueling growth of many industrial distributors. While acquisitions create an exceptional growth opportunity, it also causes some issues related to supply chain network design. For example, after acquisitions you may have multiple locations serving the same customer markets or facing capacity issues at distribution centers. Have you been in an organization which acquired (or was acquired by) another company? What were the issues related to supply chain management immediately after the acquisition and in the long term? How did management team handle these issues? If you were one of the executive leading a distributor acquiring other distributors in a span of a few years, what would you do to make sure that your company supply chain is well designed?