In many businesses, supply chain people are trapped in reactive roles where they source, contract, purchase, receive, warehouse, and ship as a service. However, in some businesses suppliers contribute to improvement programs, technology, funding, marketing, logistics, and engineering expertise. Breaking into a proactive supply chain role takes broad thinking, a talent for persuasion, and the courage to go after it. This book supplies proven methods to help you do so.

Chapter 1. Supply chain in a strategic context -- chapter 2. Seven elements of supply chain excellence -- chapter 3. Understanding customers and demand -- chapter 4. Supply management -- chapter 5. Logistics -- chapter 6. Supply chain business processes -- chapter 7. Supply chain people and organizations -- chapter 8. Lean supply chain practice -- chapter 9. Making change happen -- chapter 10. Product design and development and the supply chaing.