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The Economist Guide To Supply Chain Management
About this book
Globalisation, technology and an increasingly competitive business environment have encouraged huge changes in what is known as supply chain management, the art of sourcing components and delivering finished goods to the customer as cost effectively and efficiently as possible. Dell transformed the way people bought and were able to customise computers. Wal-Mart and Tesco have used their huge buying power and logistical skills to ensure the supply and stock management of their stores is finely honed. Manufacturers now make sure that components are where they are needed on the production line just in time for when they are needed and no longer. Such finessing of the way the supply chain works boosts the corporate bottom line and can make the difference between being a market leader or an also ran. This guide explores all the different aspects of supply chain management and gives hundreds of real life examples of what firms have achieved in the field.
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Table of contents
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- List of figures
- List of tables
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction
- 1 A historical perspective on industry, trade and transport
- 2 The bullwhip problem
- 3 What supply chain management is and where it is going
- 4 Why CEOs need supply chain management today
- 5 Setting the right supply chain strategy
- 6 Rationalisation: competing on low cost
- 7 Synchronisation: competing on reliability
- 8 Customisation: competing on customer intimacy
- 9 Innovation: competing on revitalisation
- 10 Organising, training and developing staff
- 11 Leveraging information technology
- 12 Measuring success
- 13 Challenges for the future
- Notes and references
- Appendices
- Index