Companies with effective procurement strategies, processes, and technology are beginning to separate themselves from the competition and purchase order management has become a new critical core competency. This book offers detailed guidance into every aspect of state-of-the-art POM processes and redesign including leveraging new technologies, strategies for strengthening supplier relationships, and more.

This title offers an intelligent and easy-to-digest roadmap for successfully implementing a lean and agile value chain transformation program. Although the benefits of applying lean concepts or improving the flexibility of a value chain are clear and desperately needed in today's competitive environment, none of the current literature provides guidance on how to do this. Lean and Value Chain Management fills that gap by providing a comprehensive roadmap that shows organizations, step-by-step, how to successfully implement a lean and agile value chain transformation program. It brings together...

"This book discusses best practices and methods in transformation initiatives that improve the overall functionality and success of supply chain processes, focusing on performance measurement, change management, and strategy development"--