Supply Chain Management (eBook)

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;
- 10 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.

The 2nd edition has many new cases, toolboxes and a new chapter on process management. In addition, more attention is given to topics like procurement, demand planning, omnichanneling and supply chain-design, -planning and -execution.

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.