Strategic supply chain management : the five disciplines for top performance / Shoshanah Cohen & Joseph Roussel

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Cohen, Shoshanah, author.

Roussel, Joseph, 1962- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Supply chain management.

Business logistics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xvii, 298 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

Second edition

Place of Publication:

New York : McGraw-Hill Education, [2013]

Language Note:

English

System Details:

text file

Summary:

Praise For Strategic Supply Chain Management : "This book shows convincingly that a robust supply chain strategy is critical for business success in today's uncertain economic environment. Cohen and Roussel explain not only what makes for a good supply chain strategy but also how to put that strategy into practice." -- Jim Miller, VP, Worldwide Operations, Google " Strategic Supply Chain Management loudly and clearly makes the case that successful companies' supply chain strategies are closely aligned with their competitive differentiation and operating models. The book uses in-depth examples that bring these concepts to life and demonstrate that one size doesn't fit all. Anyone who thinks operations is just another corporate function needs to read this book." -- Manish Bhatia, SVP, Worldwide Operations, SanDisk "The advent of global marketplaces, heightened competition, accelerated pace of product innovation, and fast-changing customer preferences have increased the impact of the supply chain on company profitability and long-term success. But cultural challenges to successful supply chain design remain. Cohen and Roussel's book provides a platform for addressing these challenges and is recommended reading for chief executives, strategy professionals, and supply chain practitioners." -- Martin Roper, Chief Executive Officer and President, Boston Beer "The authors present a straightforward path for developing and deploying a global supply chain strategy that addresses the priorities of today's executive management teams." --Hau Lee, Thoma Professor of Operations, Information and Technology, Stanford Graduate School of Business The classic guide to supply chain strategy--re-created to help business leaders gain an advantage in today's volatile, globalized arena The global landscape has changed dramatically since the first edition of Strategic Supply Chain Management established itself as the authority on creating value and achieving competitive advantage from the supply chain. Shorter economic cycles, more-frequent natural disasters, higher costs in low-cost countries, more-restricted access to working capital, and greater focus on sustainability have made effective supply chain management much more challenging--and much more critical to the bottom line. This second edition is your answer to gaining a strategic advantage in the face of these challenges. Drawing on dozens of new company examples as well as cutting-edge benchmarking research, it ...

Contents:

Cover

About the Author

Title Page

Copyrigth Page

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

Chapter One: Discipline 1: Align your Supply Chain with your Business Strategy

The Core Strategic Vision

How Companies Use Their Supply Chain to Compete

Key Elements of Supply Chain Strategy

Tests of a Good Supply Chain Strategy

Supply Chain Management Profile: Basf: Increasing Farm Yields Through Innovations in Chemistry

Chapter Two: Discipline 2: Develop an End-to-End Process Architecture

Designing an Integrated Supply Chain Process Architecture

Key Processes for End-to-End Supply Chain Management

Tests for a Good Supply Chain Architecture

Supply Chain Management Profile: Essilor: Building an Efficient Supply Chain to Serve the Company's Mission

Chapter Three: Discipline 3: Design a High-Performing Supply Chain Organization

Three Activities Essential for Designing Your Company's Supply Chain Organization

Other Defining Characteristics of Exceptional Supply Chain Organizations

Supply Chain Management Profile: Haier: Pursuing the Customer-Inspired Supply Chain

Chapter Four: Discipline 4: Build the Right Collaborative Model

Understanding Collaboration

The Path to Successful Collaboration

Tests of Successful Collaboration

Supply Chain Management Profile: Kaiser Permanente: Thriving Under Pressure

Chapter Five: Discipline 5: Use Metrics to Drive Performance

Supply Chain Performance Measurement: Selecting the Right Metrics

Supply Chain Performance Management: Making Metrics Matter

Supply Chain Management Profile: Lenovo: Moving Full-Speed Ahead

Chapter Six: Benchmarking Results: The Best-in-Class Performance Advantage

The Relationship Between Supply Chain Performance and Financial Performance

Driving Supply Chain Performance

Mastering Complexity for Superior Performance.

Supply Chain Management Profile: Schlumberger: Integrating People and Technology for Service Excellence

Chapter Seven: Transform your Supply Chain

Setting Improvement Priorities

Designing the Transformation Road Map

Implementing the Change

Notes

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9780071813099

0071813098

OCLC:

988807450