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Strategic supply management revisited : competing in an era of rapid change and disruption / by Robert J. Trent, Ph.D.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Trent, Robert J., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Business logistics--Management.
- Business logistics.
- Strategic planning.
- Materials management.
- Industrial procurement--Management.
- Industrial procurement.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (329 pages)
- Place of Publication:
- Plantation, FL : J. Ross Publishing, [2018]
- Summary:
- In his 2007 best-selling book, Strategic Supply Management , Robert Trent presented concepts, processes, tools, best practices, and a framework for creating a supply management organization that would provide a reliable source of supply and competitive advantage. This book introduces a new set of essential supply management concepts, strategies, and practices that are an integral part of surviving and thriving in this unprecedented era of rapid change and disruption. Key Features: Addresses the importance of developing well-crafted supply strategies and linking supply management success to corporate financial success Explores the four areas that enable strategic supply management to become a reality in this new era: the shift from human resource management to talent management, evolving organizational designs, new directions in supply measurement, and the information-enabled supply organization Explains how to gain a competitive advantage through true collaborative relationships and become the customer of choice to suppliers
- Contents:
- The changing competitive landscape
- Overused and misused terms in supply management
- Shifting from human resources to talent management
- Evolving organizational designs
- New directions in supply measurement
- The information enabled supply organization
- Strategy is still king (or queen)
- Linking supply management and corporate success
- Winning through collaboration
- Becoming the customer of choice
- Managing the inevitability of risk
- Meet flexibility, your new best friend
- Global supply, reshoring, and other worldly topics
- The process centric organization
- Battling complexity and winning.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 1-5231-3773-8
- 1-60427-795-5
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