Dynamic supply chains: how to design, build and manage people-centric value networks

✍ Scribed by Gattorna, John

• Publisher: FT Press; Pearson Education
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 649
• Edition: 3rd edition
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

'Dynamic Supply Chainsis a masterpiece in the field of supply chain management'

Dr Rakesh Singh, Chairman, Institute of Supply Chain Management, India







Dynamic supply chains are at the heart of your business. You need to get them right.



Are your supply chains equipped to compete for a faster, more flexible future? Supply chains are not just part of your business: in many ways theyareyour business. They are made up of living, active people, and to really get supply chains right you need to capture the dynamism that people can bring to the flow of goods and services, both inside and outside your business. In this third edition ofDynamic Supply Chains, renowned international expert John Gattorna gives you a practical and effective new model for supply chains that will help you get closer to your customers and suppliers, and set your business on a new path to growth. John's 'outside-in' philosophy is based on 'Design Thinking' principles, underpinned by business analytics, visualization, and the passion to get things done. This is indeed, supply chains by design.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover......Page 1
Contents......Page 12
A word about the title: Time for a reality check and a leap of faith......Page 14
Foreword......Page 18
Preface: The power of reading and 'thought leadership'......Page 22
Author's acknowledgements......Page 24
Publisher's acknowledgements......Page 27
Introduction: Starting with the end in mind......Page 29
Part 1: Developing supply chain strategy......Page 34
1 Coping with market volatility: the 'new normal'......Page 36
2 Customer conversations: looking from the 'outside-in'......Page 74
3 Designing supply chain strategies......Page 118
4 Internal cultural capability......Page 132
5 Leading from the front......Page 172
6 Designing responsive organization structures......Page 196
Part 2: Configuring supply chains to maximize performance......Page 226
7 Collaborative supply chains: demand-side......Page 228
8 Lean supply chains: demand-side......Page 268
9 Agile supply chains: demand-side......Page 304
10 Campaign supply chains: demand-side......Page 338
11 Fully flexible supply chains: demand-side......Page 372
12 Supplier conversations: supply-side......Page 408
13 'Hybrid' supply chains......Page 436
Part 3: Executing supply chain management......Page 466
14 New outsourcing business models that drive value......Page 468
15 Service sector supply chains......Page 518
16 The new world order......Page 544
17 Joining the dots to create dynamic institutions......Page 592
Afterword: Ending with the future in mind......Page 602
Endnotes......Page 606
Selected bibliography......Page 636
A word about the author......Page 641
Index......Page 642