Overview

It's not enough for companies to simply try to find ways to save money through suppliers. In this forward-thinking guide, author Stephen Rogers explains why--and how--you should integrate suppliers into your corporate strategy. Filled with enlightening examples from companies such as Mars, Procter & Gamble, Intel, and Walmart, The Supply-Based Advantage does this by revealing how any organization can design, build, maintain, and remodel its supply base to better support total business strategy and operations. Blending theory, best practices, and relevant examples, this book can help any reader: achieve greater profitability by using suppliers to capture value beyond price; develop a supply management strategy that creates real, renewable benefits; maintain flexibility in their supply chain to deal with unique business situations; and link supply execution into product marketing and fulfillment purposes. If companies’ suppliers aren't fully integrated into their corporate strategy, there’s no way for them to discover and deliver important savings. As a leader, it’s up to you to ensure supply decisions fit with your organization’s changing goals. The Supply-Based Advantage teaches you how to get all those responsible for inventory on the same page to produce bottom-line results.

Full Product Details

Author:   Stephen Rogers
Publisher:   HarperCollins Focus
Imprint:   Amacom
Edition:   Special ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 16.50cm , Height: 3.10cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.675kg
ISBN:  

9780814401552

ISBN 10:   0814401554
Pages:   368
Publication Date:   30 March 2009
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

Contents Foreword: Why a Book on Supply and Competitive Advantage? vii Acknowledgments xiii Chapter 1 Competitive Advantage: Building a Supply-Based Framework 1 Chapter 2 Suppliers: The Forgotten Competitive Currency 18 Chapter 3 Small Companies: Seeking Value to Offset Lack of Scale 33 Chapter 4 Blueprint for Supply-Based Advantage: Plan Before Doing 46 Chapter 5 Sourcing Strategy: Foundation of Advantage 70 Chapter 6 Supplier Relationships: Erecting Support for Advantage 87 Chapter 7 Supply Chain Management: Connecting Across and Between Companies 124 Chapter 8 Floor Plan for Supply Advantage: Organizing People, Skills, and Tasks 153 Chapter 9 Cross-Functional Collaboration: The Door to the Ultimate Differentiator 186 Chapter 10 Market Flows: Monitor and Manage the Forces That Shape Performance 214 Chapter 11 Outsourcing: Using Suppliers to Maintain and Remodel Capability 244 Chapter 12 Risk Management in the Supply Base: Insuring Against Damage, Loss, and Liability 272 Chapter 13 Building Supply Base Advantage: A Long-Term Project 300 Chapter 14 Situational Supply Base Flexibility: Achieving the Dream 321 Afterword: You Can Get Competitive Advantage from Suppliers 337 Index 343

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All employees, especially executives, will benefit from reading this book. The outlined techniques are applicable to small and large companies. -- Quality Progress a thoughtful, comprehensive book --Transformation Leadership Blog, Supply Chain Management Review Rogers outlines a common-sense approach to boosting profitability by using suppliers to capture value beyond price. -- Inbound Logistics -All employees, especially executives, will benefit from reading this book. The outlined techniques are applicable to small and large companies.- --Quality Progress -a thoughtful, comprehensive book- --Transformation Leadership Blog, Supply Chain Management Review -Rogers outlines a common-sense approach to boosting profitability by using suppliers to capture value beyond price.- --Inbound Logistics All employees, especially executives, will benefit from reading this book. The outlined techniques are applicable to small and large companies. --Quality Progress a thoughtful, comprehensive book --Transformation Leadership Blog, Supply Chain Management Review Rogers outlines a common-sense approach to boosting profitability by using suppliers to capture value beyond price. --Inbound Logistics

All employees, especially executives, will benefit from reading this book. The outlined techniques are applicable to small and large companies. -- Quality Progress

"a thoughtful, comprehensive book" --Transformation Leadership Blog, Supply Chain Management Review

All employees, especially executives, will benefit from reading this book. The outlined techniques are applicable to small and large companies. -- Quality Progress Rogers outlines a common-sense approach to boosting profitability by using suppliers to capture value beyond price. -- Inbound Logistics a thoughtful, comprehensive book --Transformation Leadership Blog, Supply Chain Management Review -All employees, especially executives, will benefit from reading this book. The outlined techniques are applicable to small and large companies.- --Quality Progress -a thoughtful, comprehensive book- --Transformation Leadership Blog, Supply Chain Management Review -Rogers outlines a common-sense approach to boosting profitability by using suppliers to capture value beyond price.- --Inbound Logistics All employees, especially executives, will benefit from reading this book. The outlined techniques are applicable to small and large companies. --Quality Progress a thoughtful, comprehensive book --Transformation Leadership Blog, Supply Chain Management Review Rogers outlines a common-sense approach to boosting profitability by using suppliers to capture value beyond price. --Inbound Logistics

Author Information

Stephen C. Rogers (Cincinnati, OH) is a Senior Consultant with the Cincinnati Consulting Consortium, concentrating on purchasing and supplier management. During his thirty years at Procter Gamble, he was involved in purchasing, manufacturing, and marketing. He has been the Program Director of The Conference Board's annual SRM Conference, conceiving and directing the event during its first three years.

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