What does the word 'upstream' mean in the context?
I was reading an article about food delivery market and I came across with a term "upstream" and I don't get what that word means. The article says:
Look upstream. China’s online food delivery market is already worth USD 34 billion, with 296 million people using the service in 2018. But instead of engaging in the cash-burning battle currently being waged by delivery platforms Meituan and Ele.me, Panda Selected saw an opportunity to play upstream and think about the challenges that online food delivery poses to restaurants. So ask yourself: what new industry-specific trends are playing out in your industry? How are they creating new challenges for upstream businesses? Can you innovate to serve those players?
Are the upstream businesses those that are trying "to catch a wave" and play on a current trend or is it something else? I didn't find any suitable definition of the term "upstream busines" on the Internet.
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I was reading an article about food delivery market and I came across with a term "upstream" and I don't get what that word means. The article says:
Look upstream. China’s online food delivery market is already worth USD 34 billion, with 296 million people using the service in 2018. But instead of engaging in the cash-burning battle currently being waged by delivery platforms Meituan and Ele.me, Panda Selected saw an opportunity to play upstream and think about the challenges that online food delivery poses to restaurants. So ask yourself: what new industry-specific trends are playing out in your industry? How are they creating new challenges for upstream businesses? Can you innovate to serve those players?
Are the upstream businesses those that are trying "to catch a wave" and play on a current trend or is it something else? I didn't find any suitable definition of the term "upstream busines" on the Internet.
word-meaning
edited Mar 20 at 7:06
James K
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asked Mar 20 at 7:05
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I was reading an article about food delivery market and I came across with a term "upstream" and I don't get what that word means. The article says:
Look upstream. China’s online food delivery market is already worth USD 34 billion, with 296 million people using the service in 2018. But instead of engaging in the cash-burning battle currently being waged by delivery platforms Meituan and Ele.me, Panda Selected saw an opportunity to play upstream and think about the challenges that online food delivery poses to restaurants. So ask yourself: what new industry-specific trends are playing out in your industry? How are they creating new challenges for upstream businesses? Can you innovate to serve those players?
Are the upstream businesses those that are trying "to catch a wave" and play on a current trend or is it something else? I didn't find any suitable definition of the term "upstream busines" on the Internet.
word-meaning
edited Mar 20 at 7:06
James K
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asked Mar 20 at 7:05
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I was reading an article about food delivery market and I came across with a term "upstream" and I don't get what that word means. The article says:
Look upstream. China’s online food delivery market is already worth USD 34 billion, with 296 million people using the service in 2018. But instead of engaging in the cash-burning battle currently being waged by delivery platforms Meituan and Ele.me, Panda Selected saw an opportunity to play upstream and think about the challenges that online food delivery poses to restaurants. So ask yourself: what new industry-specific trends are playing out in your industry? How are they creating new challenges for upstream businesses? Can you innovate to serve those players?
Are the upstream businesses those that are trying "to catch a wave" and play on a current trend or is it something else? I didn't find any suitable definition of the term "upstream busines" on the Internet.
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Metaphorically goods flow from primary producers (eg farms) to manufacturers, to wholesale, to retail (eg supermarkets) to customers.
Consider Farm -> Dairy -> Supermarket (and follow the milk stream/flow) The Farm and the Dairy are upstream of the Supermarket. The Farm is upstream and the Supermarket downstream of the Dairy. Both the Dairy and the Supermarket are downstream of the Farm
Playing "Upstream" means doing business with companies near the start of the list: ie working with producers and manufacturers and wholesalers (and delivering to restaurants), rather than delivering (from restaurants) to the final customers.
Upstream and downstream are relative terms. So the dairy is downstream of the farm, but upstream from the supermarket.
answered Mar 20 at 7:10
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I think you have missed explicitly defining the simple "upstream" of business that take your product further. So upstream of the supermarket are the consumers (or is upstream from the supermarket the farmer)?
– WendyG
Mar 20 at 15:40
@WendyG. Consider Farm -> Dairy -> Supermarket (and follow the milk stream/flow) The Farm and the Dairy are upstream of the Supermarket. The Farm is upstream and the Supermarket downstream of the Dairy. Both the Dairy and the Supermarket are downstream of the Farm
– Flydog57
Mar 20 at 15:56
@Flydog57 that needs to be edited into your answer :)
– WendyG
Mar 20 at 16:00
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@WendyG: Sorry, it's not my answer. That would be up to JamesK.
– Flydog57
Mar 20 at 16:05
"Playing "Upstream" means doing business with companies near the start of the list" Maybe in this context but 'upstream' and 'downstream' are relative terms. This phrase implies an absolute meaning.
– JimmyJames
Mar 20 at 18:17
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If I'm standing next to a stream, watching the water flowing through it, then I'm watching the water flow from upstream to downstream.
If I'm observing a complex chain of businesses, where goods (water) pass in a particular path (stream) through them (e.g. seed -> farm -> distributor -> market -> consumer), then there is a flow in a particular direction, through that "stream" of businesses. It is still flowing from upstream to downstream.
answered Mar 20 at 19:36
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Meituan and Ele.me are competing for customers to buy food using their services from restaurants. Panda Selected is instead marketing to the restaurants rather than their customers. This puts them one step upstream, just as a company selling services to restaurant supply companies would be yet another step upstream.
answered Mar 20 at 21:17
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Metaphorically goods flow from primary producers (eg farms) to manufacturers, to wholesale, to retail (eg supermarkets) to customers.
Consider Farm -> Dairy -> Supermarket (and follow the milk stream/flow) The Farm and the Dairy are upstream of the Supermarket. The Farm is upstream and the Supermarket downstream of the Dairy. Both the Dairy and the Supermarket are downstream of the Farm
Playing "Upstream" means doing business with companies near the start of the list: ie working with producers and manufacturers and wholesalers (and delivering to restaurants), rather than delivering (from restaurants) to the final customers.
Upstream and downstream are relative terms. So the dairy is downstream of the farm, but upstream from the supermarket.
answered Mar 20 at 7:10
James KJames K
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I think you have missed explicitly defining the simple "upstream" of business that take your product further. So upstream of the supermarket are the consumers (or is upstream from the supermarket the farmer)?
– WendyG
Mar 20 at 15:40
@WendyG. Consider Farm -> Dairy -> Supermarket (and follow the milk stream/flow) The Farm and the Dairy are upstream of the Supermarket. The Farm is upstream and the Supermarket downstream of the Dairy. Both the Dairy and the Supermarket are downstream of the Farm
– Flydog57
Mar 20 at 15:56
@Flydog57 that needs to be edited into your answer :)
– WendyG
Mar 20 at 16:00
1
@WendyG: Sorry, it's not my answer. That would be up to JamesK.
– Flydog57
Mar 20 at 16:05
"Playing "Upstream" means doing business with companies near the start of the list" Maybe in this context but 'upstream' and 'downstream' are relative terms. This phrase implies an absolute meaning.
– JimmyJames
Mar 20 at 18:17
add a comment |
Metaphorically goods flow from primary producers (eg farms) to manufacturers, to wholesale, to retail (eg supermarkets) to customers.
Consider Farm -> Dairy -> Supermarket (and follow the milk stream/flow) The Farm and the Dairy are upstream of the Supermarket. The Farm is upstream and the Supermarket downstream of the Dairy. Both the Dairy and the Supermarket are downstream of the Farm
Playing "Upstream" means doing business with companies near the start of the list: ie working with producers and manufacturers and wholesalers (and delivering to restaurants), rather than delivering (from restaurants) to the final customers.
Upstream and downstream are relative terms. So the dairy is downstream of the farm, but upstream from the supermarket.
answered Mar 20 at 7:10
James KJames K
39.5k142100
I think you have missed explicitly defining the simple "upstream" of business that take your product further. So upstream of the supermarket are the consumers (or is upstream from the supermarket the farmer)?
– WendyG
Mar 20 at 15:40
@WendyG. Consider Farm -> Dairy -> Supermarket (and follow the milk stream/flow) The Farm and the Dairy are upstream of the Supermarket. The Farm is upstream and the Supermarket downstream of the Dairy. Both the Dairy and the Supermarket are downstream of the Farm
– Flydog57
Mar 20 at 15:56
@Flydog57 that needs to be edited into your answer :)
– WendyG
Mar 20 at 16:00
1
@WendyG: Sorry, it's not my answer. That would be up to JamesK.
– Flydog57
Mar 20 at 16:05
"Playing "Upstream" means doing business with companies near the start of the list" Maybe in this context but 'upstream' and 'downstream' are relative terms. This phrase implies an absolute meaning.
– JimmyJames
Mar 20 at 18:17
add a comment |
Metaphorically goods flow from primary producers (eg farms) to manufacturers, to wholesale, to retail (eg supermarkets) to customers.
Consider Farm -> Dairy -> Supermarket (and follow the milk stream/flow) The Farm and the Dairy are upstream of the Supermarket. The Farm is upstream and the Supermarket downstream of the Dairy. Both the Dairy and the Supermarket are downstream of the Farm
Playing "Upstream" means doing business with companies near the start of the list: ie working with producers and manufacturers and wholesalers (and delivering to restaurants), rather than delivering (from restaurants) to the final customers.
Upstream and downstream are relative terms. So the dairy is downstream of the farm, but upstream from the supermarket.
answered Mar 20 at 7:10
James KJames K
39.5k142100
Metaphorically goods flow from primary producers (eg farms) to manufacturers, to wholesale, to retail (eg supermarkets) to customers.
Consider Farm -> Dairy -> Supermarket (and follow the milk stream/flow) The Farm and the Dairy are upstream of the Supermarket. The Farm is upstream and the Supermarket downstream of the Dairy. Both the Dairy and the Supermarket are downstream of the Farm
Playing "Upstream" means doing business with companies near the start of the list: ie working with producers and manufacturers and wholesalers (and delivering to restaurants), rather than delivering (from restaurants) to the final customers.
Upstream and downstream are relative terms. So the dairy is downstream of the farm, but upstream from the supermarket.
answered Mar 20 at 7:10
James KJames K
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I think you have missed explicitly defining the simple "upstream" of business that take your product further. So upstream of the supermarket are the consumers (or is upstream from the supermarket the farmer)?
– WendyG
Mar 20 at 15:40
@WendyG. Consider Farm -> Dairy -> Supermarket (and follow the milk stream/flow) The Farm and the Dairy are upstream of the Supermarket. The Farm is upstream and the Supermarket downstream of the Dairy. Both the Dairy and the Supermarket are downstream of the Farm
– Flydog57
Mar 20 at 15:56
@Flydog57 that needs to be edited into your answer :)
– WendyG
Mar 20 at 16:00
1
@WendyG: Sorry, it's not my answer. That would be up to JamesK.
– Flydog57
Mar 20 at 16:05
"Playing "Upstream" means doing business with companies near the start of the list" Maybe in this context but 'upstream' and 'downstream' are relative terms. This phrase implies an absolute meaning.
– JimmyJames
Mar 20 at 18:17
add a comment |
I think you have missed explicitly defining the simple "upstream" of business that take your product further. So upstream of the supermarket are the consumers (or is upstream from the supermarket the farmer)?
– WendyG
Mar 20 at 15:40
@WendyG. Consider Farm -> Dairy -> Supermarket (and follow the milk stream/flow) The Farm and the Dairy are upstream of the Supermarket. The Farm is upstream and the Supermarket downstream of the Dairy. Both the Dairy and the Supermarket are downstream of the Farm
– Flydog57
Mar 20 at 15:56
@Flydog57 that needs to be edited into your answer :)
– WendyG
Mar 20 at 16:00
1
@WendyG: Sorry, it's not my answer. That would be up to JamesK.
– Flydog57
Mar 20 at 16:05
"Playing "Upstream" means doing business with companies near the start of the list" Maybe in this context but 'upstream' and 'downstream' are relative terms. This phrase implies an absolute meaning.
– JimmyJames
Mar 20 at 18:17
I think you have missed explicitly defining the simple "upstream" of business that take your product further. So upstream of the supermarket are the consumers (or is upstream from the supermarket the farmer)?
– WendyG
Mar 20 at 15:40
I think you have missed explicitly defining the simple "upstream" of business that take your product further. So upstream of the supermarket are the consumers (or is upstream from the supermarket the farmer)?
– WendyG
Mar 20 at 15:40
@WendyG. Consider Farm -> Dairy -> Supermarket (and follow the milk stream/flow) The Farm and the Dairy are upstream of the Supermarket. The Farm is upstream and the Supermarket downstream of the Dairy. Both the Dairy and the Supermarket are downstream of the Farm
– Flydog57
Mar 20 at 15:56
@WendyG. Consider Farm -> Dairy -> Supermarket (and follow the milk stream/flow) The Farm and the Dairy are upstream of the Supermarket. The Farm is upstream and the Supermarket downstream of the Dairy. Both the Dairy and the Supermarket are downstream of the Farm
– Flydog57
Mar 20 at 15:56
@Flydog57 that needs to be edited into your answer :)
– WendyG
Mar 20 at 16:00
@Flydog57 that needs to be edited into your answer :)
– WendyG
Mar 20 at 16:00
1
1
@WendyG: Sorry, it's not my answer. That would be up to JamesK.
– Flydog57
Mar 20 at 16:05
@WendyG: Sorry, it's not my answer. That would be up to JamesK.
– Flydog57
Mar 20 at 16:05
"Playing "Upstream" means doing business with companies near the start of the list" Maybe in this context but 'upstream' and 'downstream' are relative terms. This phrase implies an absolute meaning.
– JimmyJames
Mar 20 at 18:17
"Playing "Upstream" means doing business with companies near the start of the list" Maybe in this context but 'upstream' and 'downstream' are relative terms. This phrase implies an absolute meaning.
– JimmyJames
Mar 20 at 18:17
add a comment |
If I'm standing next to a stream, watching the water flowing through it, then I'm watching the water flow from upstream to downstream.
If I'm observing a complex chain of businesses, where goods (water) pass in a particular path (stream) through them (e.g. seed -> farm -> distributor -> market -> consumer), then there is a flow in a particular direction, through that "stream" of businesses. It is still flowing from upstream to downstream.
answered Mar 20 at 19:36
arantiusarantius
1111
add a comment |
If I'm standing next to a stream, watching the water flowing through it, then I'm watching the water flow from upstream to downstream.
If I'm observing a complex chain of businesses, where goods (water) pass in a particular path (stream) through them (e.g. seed -> farm -> distributor -> market -> consumer), then there is a flow in a particular direction, through that "stream" of businesses. It is still flowing from upstream to downstream.
answered Mar 20 at 19:36
arantiusarantius
1111
add a comment |
If I'm standing next to a stream, watching the water flowing through it, then I'm watching the water flow from upstream to downstream.
If I'm observing a complex chain of businesses, where goods (water) pass in a particular path (stream) through them (e.g. seed -> farm -> distributor -> market -> consumer), then there is a flow in a particular direction, through that "stream" of businesses. It is still flowing from upstream to downstream.
answered Mar 20 at 19:36
arantiusarantius
1111
If I'm standing next to a stream, watching the water flowing through it, then I'm watching the water flow from upstream to downstream.
If I'm observing a complex chain of businesses, where goods (water) pass in a particular path (stream) through them (e.g. seed -> farm -> distributor -> market -> consumer), then there is a flow in a particular direction, through that "stream" of businesses. It is still flowing from upstream to downstream.
answered Mar 20 at 19:36
arantiusarantius
1111
answered Mar 20 at 19:36
arantiusarantius
1111
answered Mar 20 at 19:36
arantiusarantius
1111
answered Mar 20 at 19:36
arantiusarantius
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1111
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Meituan and Ele.me are competing for customers to buy food using their services from restaurants. Panda Selected is instead marketing to the restaurants rather than their customers. This puts them one step upstream, just as a company selling services to restaurant supply companies would be yet another step upstream.
answered Mar 20 at 21:17
CharlesCharles
20114
add a comment |
Meituan and Ele.me are competing for customers to buy food using their services from restaurants. Panda Selected is instead marketing to the restaurants rather than their customers. This puts them one step upstream, just as a company selling services to restaurant supply companies would be yet another step upstream.
answered Mar 20 at 21:17
CharlesCharles
20114
add a comment |
Meituan and Ele.me are competing for customers to buy food using their services from restaurants. Panda Selected is instead marketing to the restaurants rather than their customers. This puts them one step upstream, just as a company selling services to restaurant supply companies would be yet another step upstream.
answered Mar 20 at 21:17
CharlesCharles
20114
Meituan and Ele.me are competing for customers to buy food using their services from restaurants. Panda Selected is instead marketing to the restaurants rather than their customers. This puts them one step upstream, just as a company selling services to restaurant supply companies would be yet another step upstream.
answered Mar 20 at 21:17
CharlesCharles
20114
answered Mar 20 at 21:17
CharlesCharles
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answered Mar 20 at 21:17
CharlesCharles
20114
answered Mar 20 at 21:17
CharlesCharles
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