Research Catalog

Title

The supply chain revolution : innovative sourcing and logistics for a fiercely competitive world / Suman Sarkar.

Author

Sarkar, Suman

Publication

New York : AMACOM, [2017]

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Details

Description

xii, 240 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

When CEOs think about the supply chain, it's usually to cut costs. But the smartest leaders see supply chain and sourcing for what they can be: hidden tools for outperforming the competition. Steve Jobs, upon returning to Apple in 1997, focused on transforming the supply chain. He hired Tim Cook--and the company sped up the development of new products, getting them into consumers' hands faster. The rest is history. Across a range of industries, once-leading companies are in trouble: Walmart, IBM, Pfizer, HP, and The Gap to name a few. But others thrive. While competitors were shutting stores, Zara's highly responsive supply chain made it the most valued company in the retail space and its founder, the richest man in Europe. The success of TJX, Amazon, Starbucks, and Airbus, is fueled by supply chain and sourcing. Showcasing real solutions, The Supply Chain Revolution will: Improve customer satisfaction and increase revenue -- Make alliances more successful -- Simplify and debottleneck the supply chain -- Boost retail success by managing store investment -- Drive excellence. Technology is disrupting business models. Strategies must change. The Supply Chain Revolution flips conventional thinking and offers a powerful way for companies to compete in challenging times. -- Provided by publisher.

Alternative Title

Innovative sourcing and logistics for a fiercely competitive world

Subject

• Business logistics > Management
• Business logistics > Management
• Management
• Betrieb
• Logistik

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

pt. I. Increase revenue with help from supply chain and sourcing. Drive customer satisfaction -- through excellent service -- Boost revenue with supply chain -- Amplify alliance performance with sourcing -- pt. II. Reduce business risk through efficient operations. Debottleneck the supply chain and reduce risk -- Increase retail success by managing store investment -- pt. III. Improve profitability from areas that are currently out of scope for sourcing organizations. Enhance marketing efficiency -- Smart real estate outsourcing -- pt. IV. Drive business excellence with help from sourcing. Source excellence.

ISBN

• 9780814438787
• 0814438784
• 9780814438794 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2017008495

OCLC

• ocn964379699
• 964379699
• SCSB-8934865

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library