The Supply-Based Advantage: How to Link Suppliers to Your Organization's Corporate Strategy (Hardcover)

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"Rogers outlines a common-sense approach to boosting profitability by using suppliers to capture value beyond price." --Inbound Logistics

"a thoughtful, comprehensive book" --Transformation Leadership Blog, Supply Chain Management Review

Product Description

It's not enough for companies to simply try to find ways to save money through suppliers. If suppliers aren't fully integrated into their corporate strategy, there's no way for companies to ensure that they will continue to save money...and that their supply decisions will fit with changing organizational goals. Blending theory, best practices, and relevant examples, "The Supply-Based Advantage" reveals how to design, build, maintain, and 'remodel' an organization's supply base to support its total business strategy and operations. Filled with enlightening examples from companies including Mars, Procter & Gamble, Intel, and Wal-Mart, this book shows how any organization can transform their supply function into a key driver of profit.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 368 pages
• Publisher: AMACOM (March 30, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0814401554
• ISBN-13: 978-0814401552
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 5.9 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.5 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #782,664 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars A thoughtful, comprehensive book, September 26, 2009

By	Robert A. Rudzki (President, Greybeard Advisors LLC) - See all my reviews

Convinced that you are already getting the most out of your supplier relationships? Or, are you at the other end of the spectrum--captive to outmoded thinking that the main role of suppliers is simply to reduce prices?

Regardless of where you currently sit on that continuum, "The Supply-Based Advantage (How to Link Suppliers to Your Organization's Corporate Strategy," by Steve Rogers, is a book you should read.

I know Steve well. He is co-author of another procurement book (with Doug Smock and myself): "On-Demand Supply Management (World-Class Strategies, Practices and Technology)."

Steve's new book, an impressive solo effort, combines best practices with lots of examples to illustrate its points. It is well-written, comprehensive, and a very thoughtful read. In other words, don't expect to breeze through it in 90 minutes, as one part of a multi-tasking day. When you sit down to read this book, give it your undivided attention.

4.0 out of 5 stars well thought, well written., May 13, 2009

By	Alan Hall - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Rogers' newest is an excellent example of what a business book should be.
It is well researched, crafted and organized. Furthermore the book is liberally supplied with case studies as well as sprinkled with evidence of Rogers' sly humor.