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Book SynopsisThe true promise and benefits of Supply Chain Management elude many organizations. Cultural limitations, a narrow view of the opportunities offered by and the need to access external resources juxtaposed with a lack of understanding of how technology can enhance business processes create resistance. The Supply Chain Manager's Problem-Solver: Maximizing the Value of Collaboration and Technology explores the benefits of a full network approach and illustrates specific actions that lead to success. The author uses case studies to validate the concepts and solutions, provides an easy to understand and apply methodology for getting to higher levels of progress, and explores areas of potential technology application that often get overlooked.
Trade Review"...certain common mistakes tend to creep in- most of which will sound familiar to supply chain managers...Poirier succeeds in coming up with some new wrinkles to the time-honored advice for these problems."
- Supply Chain Management Review November/December 2002
Table of ContentsPreface. Introduction. Lack of Leadership Vision. Using the Wrong Metrics. Aversion to External Advice. Focusing only on the Bottom Line. Poor Customer Relationship Management. Not Focusing on the Consumer. Lack of Collaboration Across the Extended Enterprise. Weak Global Concepts. Absence of Proper Sourcing Techniques. Misunderstanding of the Value of the Internet. Putting Software Ahead of Process Improvement. Aligning with the Wrong Trading Exchange. Making a Poor Transformational Change. Not Dealing Properly with the Existing Culture. Not Trusting the People you Need to Trust. Conclusions - The Path Forward.
