Curing Corporate Short-Termism is a guide for senior managers who want to encourage more investment in the future of their companies, all while maintaining discipline around profitability and capital productivity. Many corporate practices create stiff headwinds for managers trying to grow their business. This book explores the process of developing a "culture of ownership" that overcomes these obstacles, including prescriptive…
Effective development and management of supply chain networks helps businesses cut costs and enhance customer value. This updated 5th edition is a clear guide to all the key topics in an integrated approach to supply chains. As well as new and updated examples and case studies, there are two new chapters: Routes to Market: Many companies now have to manage…
To keep your sales, manufacturing, distribution, and inventory moving in perfect synchronization, you need a flawless, repeatable supply chain improvement approach that maximizes process efficiency, eliminates dysfunction, and aligns disparate organizations―globally. Supply Chain Excellence, ahead of the curve in its original edition, again breaks new ground with a highly compressed timeline for using the SCOR (Supply Chain Operations Reference) framework…
Everyone can impact the supply chain Supply Chain Management For Dummies helps you connect the dots between things like purchasing, logistics, and operations to see how the big picture is affected by seemingly isolated inefficiencies. Your business is a system, made of many moving parts that must synchronize to most efficiently meet the needs of your customers—and your shareholders. Interruptions…
A strategic framework for understanding supply chain management Supply Chain Management introduces high-level strategy and concepts while giving readers the practical tools necessary to solve supply chain problems. Using a strategic framework, readers are guided through all of the key drivers of supply chain performance, including facilities, inventory, transportation, information, sourcing, and pricing. The 7th Edition weaves in compelling case…
Increase efficiency and profitability with a smart supply chain strategy A company's supply chain controls approximately 60% of its total costs--yet few organizations integrate supply chains as a key element in their business strategy. Supply Chain Transformation gives you everything you need to integrate supply chain activities throughout all departments and increase shareholder value by improving the flow of materials…
Every supply manager's essential desktop tool with in-depth, authoritative coverage of each topic Leaving no stone unturned in covering all aspects of the procurement and sourcing functions, The Procurement and Supply Manager's Desk Reference, Second Edition is filled with everything every organization needs to know about the key roles and responsibilities of a procurement professional. Presented logically to match the…
