The Executive's Guide to Supply Management Strategies: Building Supply Chain Thinking Into All Business Processes (Hardcover)

by David A. Riggs (Author), Sharon L. Robbins (Author) "The preceding observations are both profound and appropriate to the subject of this book..." (more)
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Product Description
Executives in all kinds of companies -- both service and manufacturing -- are painfully aware of the pressing need to stretch resources and, at the same time, keep a competitive advantage. What many are not aware of is the tremendous financial benefit that can be realized through an important technique known as Supply Chain Management.

This breakthrough approach to procuring supplies, equipment -- even raw materials -- is well known to purchasing professionals. Now its cost-savings will be abundantly clear to top decision-makers. The book shows how to:

** get the best possible financial deal with suppliers
** apply implementation steps to set up air-tight processes
** ask the right questions, use the right tools, and measure the results
** understand how Supply Chain Management fits into strategic planning.


About the Author
DAVID A. RIGGS (Pittsburgh, PA) is a senior executive, change agent, and supply management expert. He has held positions with GE, RCA, and Mellon. SHARON L. ROBBINS (Salem, SC) is a leading expert on supply management strategies. She has held positions at Scott Paper, Gillette, M&M/Mars, and Revlon.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 256 pages
• Publisher: AMACOM (January 14, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0814403859
• ISBN-13: 978-0814403853
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.2 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,556,062 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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42 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good overview of strategic purchasing to reduce costs, September 21, 1999

By A Customer

This book is very focused on purchasing rather than the traditional view of supply chain that incorporates all materials, production and delivery related business processes. Given that narrow focus, it handles the purchasing subject reasonably well, but from a high level. It is a good book for executives without appreciation for the key drivers from across the organization of total life cycle costs. Includes many case studies relating purchasing cost savings based on cross organizational cooperation and viewpoint. If you want a book about 'Supply Chain', pass on this one.

32 of 33 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Here's a good coverage of SCM with implementation flavor, November 29, 1999

By	R. E. Mansfield Jr. (Ellington, CT USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

As the title clearly states, this is an "executive guide" to SCM. The authors give a good, broad coverage of the major issues. Like most AMACOM books this is an easy read, but gives one plenty to think about, particularly those new to the subject. The emphasis is on how one could use SCM concepts and chapters end with a short "implementation guide." The coverage is broad and comprehensive enough to give the reader all the topics needed for further detailed investigation. The tables, figures and diagrams are good and useful. For my liking a few case studies/practical examples would help; and some treatment of information technology would have been useful. If you're not an expert already and want to get most all the basics in one place, this book will do it for you.

5.0 out of 5 stars must read for the "C" suite, January 23, 2009

By	Plain ole guy "supply chain guy" (Midwest, usa) - See all my reviews

This is a must read for the "C" suite that think they know supply chain but really don't. This is a great primer to get the fundamentals of supply chain. Even with all the changes in the world since this book was writtten, it is still accurate. Having done numerous supply chain turn arounds for various companies, in different industries, this is what I recommend they read, so after I leave they can continue to make the right decisions.