Supply Chain Project Management: A Structured Collaborative and Measurable Approach (Hardcover)

~ (Author) "This work is a sequel to the Handbook of Supply Chain Management, published in 2001..." (more)
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SCM doesn't change management goals, but relies on new knowledge, practices, and skills to better achieve those goals. Going it alone, without collaborating with supply chain partners, is a dead-end strategy. Without a doubt, effective supply chains will be the product of successful application of project management disciplines coupled with innovations in supply chain management. The question remains how do you take your supply chain from dysfunctional to competitive? The first book to take a project management approach to supply chain management, Supply Chain Project Management: A Structured, Collaborative, and Measurable Approach explains a four-stage progression toward world-class supply chain project management. The author provides a template of the stages encountered when moving to competitive supply chains, delineates the processes that organizations must implement if they are to advance from one stage to the next, and describes best practices for how to get there. He supplies structured approaches for supply chain analysis and documentation, and illustrates the concepts with examples from the trenches. In the supply chain world, managers must choose between the "business as usual" single company approach or exploiting innovations in supply chain management and project management to their advantage. Covering the how-tos for implementing supply chain improvement, this easy-to-use guide details the steps to developing a strategy, reducing costs, and generating revenue. It shows you how to combine SCM and project management knowledge and practice to develop and execute supply chain strategies.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 392 pages
• Publisher: CRC; 1 edition (August 26, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 157444350X
• ISBN-13: 978-1574443509
• Product Dimensions: 9.6 x 6.1 x 1 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: #1,493,892 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must read for Supply Chain Managers!, May 18, 2004

By	Chris Kutyla, Director, Supply Chain Management (Schering Plough Corporation) - See all my reviews

James Ayers's earlier book, "Handbook of Supply Chain Management", addresses many aspects of Supply Chain with a mathematical precision.
The author should be commended for his newly published book, "Supply Chain Project Management", venturing into project management in Supply Chain application, an area which supply chain managers depend more and more.

4.0 out of 5 stars Great book but with some flaws in referencing tables & Figures, November 15, 2005

By	P. Jong - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This is an excellent book connecting project management and supply chain. You can hardly find anything out there that relates the two.
However, it can be frustrating when most chapters have errors in its referencing of figures and tables. For example in pg.123 it reference figures 8.4 which measures "mutual adjustment" --- however, figure 10.4 shows the mutual adjustment not figure 8.4.