Supply Chain Management: Fast, flexible Supply Chains in Manufacturing and Retailing

Leeman, Joris J A

ISBN 10: 3839137918 / ISBN 13: 9783839137918

Published by Bod - Books on Demand, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Supply Chain Management: Fast, flexible Supply Chains in Manufacturing and Retailing
• Publisher: Bod - Books on Demand
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3839137918
• ISBN 13: 9783839137918
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The purpose of this book is to help you with the development and implementation of a successful End-to-End Supply Chain Management - Strategy: optimising your processes from manufacturer to retailer. This book answers four questions: - How to develop an end-to-end supply chain - strategy? - How to create the necessary supply chain infrastructure? - How to make collaboration work between the partners in the network? - How to plan and manage the supply chain flows? It will enable you to: - Systematically improve your sales productivity in the retail stores; - Enhance the operational / qualitative performance of your processes and those of your partners in the supply chain; - More effectively balance the trade off Time v Costs. This book provides you with: - A Supply Chain System - Model: a framework to develop your End-to-End Supply Chain; - 8 Strategic Building Blocks which can be used as a toolkit; - 50 Lessons Learned based on experiences from practice; - A strategic roadmap: to plan, organise, lead and control your supply chain. For whom has this book been written? This book is useful for thinkers and practitioners! For everyone who wants to learn more about supply chain management and the development and implementation of an end-to-end supply chain strategy.

About the Author

Joris J.A. Leeman is founder of the Institute for Business Process Management (www.institute-bpm.com). He has extensive experience in organising the back-end part of the business: organisation, supply chain management, IT - systems, e-Commerce and e-Business, logistics and sourcing operations. He is a consultant, lecturer and author. Prior to this he worked as a manager, director and executive for global operating companies like MEXX, Johnson & Johnson and ESPRIT. Besides his consultancy activities he is a part-time lecturer at the Arnhem Business School, HAN University of Applied Science, in The Netherlands. He received his B.A. degree in Logistics & Economics from HAN University in The Netherlands. He received his M.A. degree in International Business and M.B.A. degree from Webster University, St. Louis, U.S.A.