Supply Chain Networks and Business Process Orientation: Advanced Strategies and Best Practices

Series:
Resource Management
Published:
November 25, 2002 by CRC Press - 240 Pages
Author(s):
Kevin P. McCormack, DRK Research & Consulting, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA; William C. Johnson, Nova Southeastern University, Fort Lauderdale, Florida USA

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ISBN 9781574443271
Cat# SL3275
 

Features

  • Explains how to build a successful e-supply chain network
  • Presents best practice models that can be put to use immediately
  • Illustrates proven strategies, tactics, and methods for achieving a superior level of supply chain performance
  • Includes real case studies for clear understanding and application of the new models and best practices identified

    • Summary

    With future competitive landscape shifting from competition between companies themselves to trading partner networks, understanding and mastering process design and change is becoming more critical than ever. In order to succeed, companies are starting to weave their key business processes into hard-to-imitate strategic capabilities that distinguish them from their competitors. Supply Chain Networks and Business Process Orientation: Advanced Strategies and Best Practices will help you "connect the dots" by offering insights on how to achieve greater integration within your supply chain networks and realize the performance possible with today's interaction economics.

    Based on exhaustive research of supply chains and newly successful networked corporations in the US and Europe, the authors demonstrate how your company can be successful in building an effective supply chain network. Prescriptive benchmarking models illustrate proven strategies, tactics, and methods for achieving a superior level of supply chain performance.

    Table of Contents

    An Overview of Business Process Orientation (BPO) and the e-Corporation
    BPO and the Supply Chain
    The Concept of Supply Chain Management
    The Extended Supply Chain - Results from Statistical Studies
    Supply Chain Opportunities in the Networked Economy
    Best Practice Components of a Networked Supply Chain
    The Challenges of Building a Networked Supply Chain
    Envisioning the Future if Networked Supply Chains

    Editorial Reviews

    "The authors have developed a focused, rigorous methodology for assessing supply chain processes and identifying the path forward for establishing specific performance improvements. Managers from many different functions can benefit from reading this book and applying the lessons to their own supply chain business processes."
    -Robert Handfield, Bank of America University Distinguished Professor of Supply Chain Management
    Director, Supply Chain Resource Consortium, College of Management, North Carolina State University

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