Synopses & Reviews
Using first-person narratives, powerful examples and penetrating insights, Moody demonstrates how dozens of top companies are blazing the way in supplier partnering to leverage their combined resources, innovative talent and market position to achieve remarkable results. She describes the entire process of developing new, long-term relationships with suppliers based on a proven blueprint that will enable organizations to benchmark the best enterprises, develop appropriate partnering systems, create and sustain communication with each partner and continually energize partnerships through committed company leadership.
Table of Contents
The Vision: Creating a Collective Enterprise Advantage.
Beyond Continuous Improvement and Total Quality.
New Organizational Structures--Building Blocks.
Benchmarking the Best.
Looking to the Next Tier: Contract Manufacturing and Outsourcing.
Partnering Planning and Control Systems--Simple Systems for Smart People.
Partnering People Systems.
Enterprise Leadership.
Partnering Quality Basics.
On Being a World-Class Customer.
Partnering for Enterprise Advantage--Innovation and Growth.
Resource Section.
Index.