Drawing on international research this text blends established theory and current practice to provide a comprehensive coverage of this wide and constantly developing area.
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Development of supply chain strategies has become a major growth industry in its own right; most organizations now see managing their supply chain as a key strategic issue. The main tenet of this book is that supply needs to be thought about as a dynamic strategic process, and not as a bureaucratic business function.
Strategic Supply Management: principles, theories and practice traces the development of purchasing and supply management from its origins as a tactical commercial function into a key strategic business process. Integrating conceptual models, including the strategic supply wheel, with a host of practical examples, the authors illuminate the philosophy, concepts and techniques of supply management. They also contrast the traditional, conventional concepts of purchasing and supply management with new ideas, radical concepts, and examples of interesting practice.
Designed to provide a comprehensive course structure for teaching and studying this wide-ranging and constantly developing topic, this book guides the reader through the subject with clarity and logic. Whether used as a course textbook or a source of reference, students and practitioners will find the authors' comprehensive overviews of the topics indispensable.
"Cousins et al have drawn from their extensive experience in industry, and crafted a book that provides deep contextual insights into why supply chains are the foundation for competitive strategy, the dynamics that drive economic change, and most importantly, the importance of relationships as the glue that keeps supply chains functioning properly. Executives and students will benefit from the frameworks, examples, and discussions in this book, which should be on everyone who has an interest in global competitiveness’ bookshelves."
Rob Handfield
Bank of America University Distinguished Professor of Supply Chain Management
North Carolina State University
About the Authors
Prof. Paul Cousins is Professor of Operations Management and CIPS Professor of Supply Chain Management at Manchester Business School, The University of Manchester, and also Director of the Supply Chain Management Research Group.
Prof Richard Lamming is Director of the School of Management at the University of Southampton.
Dr Benn Lawson is a lecturer in operations management at Queen's University Belfast, and is Visiting Senior Fellow at ManchesterBusiness School.
Dr Brian Squire is a lecturer in the Decision Sciences and Operations Management Group at Manchester Business School.
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strategic supply wheel, sourcing configurations, supply base rationalisation, insert time period, strategic attainment, box involvement, circumferential elements, parallel sourcing, strategic supply management, aligning supply, supplier selection decision, positioning matrix, leverage services, buyer firm, centralised purchasing, supply strategy, environmental soundness, competitive priorities, supply chain configurations, commodity managers, supplier development, commodity management, negotiated procedure, restricted procedure, purchasing performance Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
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strategic supply wheel, sourcing configurations, supply base rationalisation, insert time period, strategic attainment, box involvement, circumferential elements, parallel sourcing, strategic supply management, aligning supply, supplier selection decision, positioning matrix, leverage services, buyer firm, centralised purchasing, supply strategy, environmental soundness, competitive priorities, supply chain configurations, commodity managers, supplier development, commodity management, negotiated procedure, restricted procedure, purchasing performance Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New York, Harvard Business Review, The Free Press, Black Box, Deal Shaper, Prentice Hall, European Union, Strategic Management Journal, John Deere, World Heritage, Balanced Scorecard, Guard Dog, British Journal of Management, Oxford University Press, Purchasing Manager, Journal of Operations Management, Sloan Management Review, European Commission, Long Range Planning, Milton Friedman, North American, Production Management, Purchasing Purchasing, References Cousins, Management Science Browse Sample Pages:
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