If you're an executive dealing with extended supply chains, you live with stress and worry. Almost everything made today is manufactured by large networks of companies. Hundreds, if not thousands, of companies provide components, subassemblies, and major assemblies to a final manufacturer or integrator. These large distributed supply chains have created problems and headaches for many industries. This book can help you prevent lost sales due to inventory shortages, high costs due to large inventories, work stoppage due to loss of a key supplier, and supply problems that may be causing a late...