Supply chain as strategic asset : the key to reaching business goals / Vivek Sehgal.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Sehgal, Vivek.

Series:

Wiley Corporate F&A

Wiley corporate F&A ; 22

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Business logistics.

Strategic planning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (337 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Hands-on guidance for creating competitive advantages through strategy realization How can your supply chain create competitive advantages and help achieve business goals? Drawing from the author's abundant research and analysis, this resourceful book shows how aligning the supply chain design with business strategy helps build competitive capabilities, prioritize capital investments, and takes your firm beyond the industry best-practices to create competitive advantages, not just competitive parity. Summarizing the current literature on business and supply chain strategies, this book provides

Contents:

Supply Chain as Strategic Asset: The Key to Reaching Business Goals; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Planning and Realizing the Goals of a Business Strategy; 2 Understanding Strategy; 3 Concepts of Business Strategy; 4 Exploring Functional Strategy; 5 Current Thinking on Supply Chain Strategy; 6 Creating a Functional Supply Chain Strategy; 7 Technology Strategy; 8 Supply Chain Nirvana: Bringing It All Together; APPENDIX A: Sample Artifacts for Creating an Effective Supply Chain Strategy; APPENDIX B: An Overview of the Scope of the Supply Chain in Modern Corporations

APPENDIX C: The Supply Chain and Corporate Financial Performance Notes; Bibliography; About the Author; Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on metadata supplied by the publisher and other sources.

ISBN:

9786613677778

9781280746598

1280746599

9781118269176

1118269179

9780470939673

0470939672

9780470939666

0470939664

OCLC:

699475374