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

ISBN-13: 9781574443271 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 240 str.

Kevin P. McCormack; William C. Johnson; William T. Walker

Opis

The Internet has provided the catalyst for building networks of companies that interoperate, cooperating and collaborating to bring about positive changes in customer value and competitive advantage. The horizontal integration of supply chains both internally and externally is critical and the result of applying the concepts of Business Process Organization across a network of companies. This book demonstrates how companies can build successful supply chain networks. Prescriptive benchmarking models illustrate proven strategies, tactics, and methods for achieving a superior level of supply chain performance. Case studies put the new models and best practices into a clear business context for immediate use. Based on exhaustive research of supply chains and new networked corporations across industries in the US and Europe Shows how to build a highly successful e-supply chain network Offers best practice models for practitioners to put to use immediately Contains statistically proven performance benefits of the best practice models Provides benchmarks for making supply chain networks achieve superior performance Include real case studies for clear understanding and application of the best practices identified

Recenzje

"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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Spis treści

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

O autorze

Kevin P. McCormack, William C. Johnson