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Achieve best practices in supply chain management Much is being written about global supply chain and sourcing options emerging in today's marketplace. Transforming supply chain management to achieve operations excellence is a mandate for many companies globally. Supply Chain Transformation walks you through this potentially difficult process and gets you started on the journey. Much more than just a how-to book, it's a why-to book that is as compelling for any business person as it is for supply chain management professionals. This book provides an invaluable road map to companies looking to.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Supply Chain Transformation: Practical Roadmap to Best Practice Results; Contents; Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1: Change Is Inevitable, Growth Is Optional; Globalization Changes the Game; Paradigms Drive Organizational Behavior and Culture; Assessing Your Company's Culture; Levels of Cultural Maturity; Level 1: Survival; Level 2: Security; Level 3: Social; Building a Case for Change; Level 4: Self-Esteem; Level 5: Self-Actualization; Paradigms Can Encourage or Constrain Innovation; Notes; Chapter 2: Putting the Business in Perspective

Defining and Understanding Business ObjectivesDefining the Business within the Context of the Market; Developing Your Vision; Adding SWOT Analysis Puts the Business in Perspective; Principle of Creative Tension; Notes; Chapter 3: Market Drivers and the Dynamics of Change; Supply Chain Is Marketing: A Tool for Analyzing the Market Environment Impacting the Supply Chain; Scanning the Market Environment for Drivers of Change; Systems Thinking: Your Strategy for Managing in a Changing Market; Notes; Chapter 4: Business Structures Are the Levers of Change

You Can't Break Down the Silos: Collaboration Is the KeyUnderstanding the Business Structures and Processes That Govern the Behavior of the Organization; Vertical and Horizontal Business Structures and Drivers; Everything That Gets Done Gets Done through a Process ... Business Process Management; Chapter 5: If You're Driven by Demand, You're Probably Being Driven Crazy; What Are the Demand Creation Structure Process Types?; Demand Creation Processes Impact Demand Fulfillment Behavior Dramatically; Guess What? The Forecast Is Wrong, Deal with It

Forecasting Is as Much about Art as It Is about ScienceEvent-Driven Forecasting Is a Best Practice Imperative; Extend Collaborative Processes to the Customer (and Supplier); Note; Chapter 6: Supply Chain Management: A Pipeline of Opportunity; Understanding the Demand Fulfillment Structure; Major Operating Functions of the Demand Fulfillment Structure: Procurement, Production, and Logistics; Lean Six Sigma Is Not an Option-It's a Requirement; Leveraging Supply Chain Capability for Synchronization: Strategy, Planning, and Execution; Notes; Chapter 7: Okay, We Need Management Commitment

So, How Do We Get It?Understanding the Demand Performance Structure; You Can't Manage What You Can't Measure; Process Types That Drive the Demand Performance Structure; What Keeps the CEO and CFO Up at Night?; How Does Operations (Supply Chain) Excellence Impact the Income Statement and Balance Sheet to Drive Return on Invested Capital?; Notes; Chapter 8: Technology Drives the Waves of Change; Scanning the Horizon for Technology Developments; What Emerging Technologies Are Likely to Impact the Supply Chain?; How Does Technology Impact the Organization?

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