Transform Your Supply Chain comprehensively covers the field of strategic supply chain management. It takes a direct but challenging approach to the subject and uses international case studies to bring it to life. It enables the reader to: understand the different types of supply chain and trading relationships; plan a business development strategy for boosting profitability across the supply chain; clarify the roles and responsibilities of board directors and senior management; draw up a business-wide transformation programme capable of successful delivery and measure the contribution of all parties involved in both strategic change and operational improvement.
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Jon Hughes is Senior Partner at the Windsor Foundation for Business Development, based in England.
Mark Ralf is Group Purchasing and Property Director, BUPA, based in England.
Bill Michels is Chief Executive Officer of ADR North America LLC, based in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
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28 of 28 people found the following review helpful:
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An honest attempt to provide advice on Supply Chain thinking,
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This review is from: Transform Your Supply Chain: Releasing Value in Business (Smart Strategies Series) (Paperback)
This book does not pass itself off as a deep text as to finding the Holy Grail in Supply Chain terms. So do not buy it if you are looking for a complex set of answers.But please buy it if you are starting to think that some of your problems, or more importantly some of your opportunities, are some how linked to the way in which your business operates. Not business is an island so we depend on others who thus bring variation and their own shortfalls into our business, even though we may not see this when we are so close to every day decision making. The table 1.2 is the simplest decsription I have ever seen as to the 9 types of supply relationships. A practical book, soft cover so not overtly pretentious, and good value for those who can use some ideas to create their own.
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Great Primer!,
By Ramlee Ibrahim, Ph.D (Singapore) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Transform Your Supply Chain: Releasing Value in Business (Smart Strategies Series) (Paperback)
This is one of the best, yet concise work that I have seen. SCM is like art...many terms and interpretations exist. It's not about moving stuff but a strategy. Therein lies the strength of this book.It starts with a fundamental look at value and value drivers and how they relate to business strategy down the supply chain. The beginning chapter also introduces a valuable schematic representation of strategic options that drives value through the transformational process. Each transformational option is examined in detail subsequently chapter by chapter. Each chapter in turn is peppered with cases covering a broad industry segment to illustrate each transformational option. Overall, it's an excellent practical primer for the practitioner looking for stepping stones to transform the supply chain. Don't expect to find all the answers. However you can be assured that this book will open you up to a host of new ideas and change your thinking in the process. It did mine! It's very welcomed reading and a great departure from the many books on SCM many of which tends to lean more towards the theoretical.
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