Synopses & Reviews
Transform Your Supply Chain comprehensively covers the field of strategic supply chain management. It takes a direct but challenging approach to the subject and uses international case studies to bring it to life. It enables the reader to: understand the different types of supply chain and trading relationships; plan a business development strategy for boosting profitability across the supply chain; clarify the roles and responsibilities of board directors and senior management; draw up a business-wide transformation programme capable of successful delivery and measure the contribution of all parties involved in both strategic change and operational improvement.
Synopsis
Transform Your Supply Chain provides comprehensive coverage of the rapidly emerging field of strategic supply chain management. The approach is direct, challenging, but readily accessible to the executive reader..
Synopsis
Transform Your Supply Chain comprehensively covers the field of strategic supply chain management. It takes a direct but challenging approach to the subject and uses international case studies to bring it to life.
Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-230) and index.
About the Author
Jon Hughes is Senior Partner in the Windsor Foundation for Business Development Mark Ralf is Group Purchasing and Property Director, BUPA Bill Michels is Chief Excecutive Officer of ADR North America LLC.
Table of Contents
1. Reversing Neglect: Releasing the Value. 2. Leveraging Value Across the Supply Chain. 3. Redefining the Boundaries of Business. 4. Developing Relational Competence. 5. Managing at the Right Level. 6. The Responsive Supply Chain. 7. Driving Down Purchase Costs. 8. Bringing About Change. 9. The Electronic Supply Chain. 10. Governance, Ethics and Supply Sustainability. 11. Measurement and Baselining. 12. Framing the Agenda for Action. Appendix Auditing the Supply Chain. Further Reading. Index.