Timeline for What does the word 'upstream' mean in the context?
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| Mar 21, 2019 at 6:10 | vote | accept | V. Rogov | ||
| Mar 20, 2019 at 20:57 | history | edited | James K | CC BY-SA 4.0 |
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| Mar 20, 2019 at 18:17 | comment | added | JimmyJames | "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. | |
| Mar 20, 2019 at 16:05 | comment | added | Flydog57 | @WendyG: Sorry, it's not my answer. That would be up to JamesK. | |
| Mar 20, 2019 at 16:00 | comment | added | WendyG | @Flydog57 that needs to be edited into your answer :) | |
| Mar 20, 2019 at 15:56 | comment | added | Flydog57 | @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 | |
| Mar 20, 2019 at 15:40 | comment | added | WendyG | 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)? | |
| Mar 20, 2019 at 7:10 | history | answered | James K | CC BY-SA 4.0 |