A practical introduction to supply chain
David Pheasey
- Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, c2016.
- xiv, 236 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.
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.
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.
9781498748940
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