Supply Chain Architecture: A Blueprint For Networking The Flow Of Material, Information, And Cash (The St. Lucie Series on Resource Management)

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Supply Chain Architecture: A Blueprint for Networking the Flow of Material, Information, and Cash applies five crucial business principles to solve network problems for geographically separated workers who must team together to deliver products and services. These five principles--Velocity, Variability, Vocalize, Visualize, and Value--simplify the design and operation of complex, real-world supply chain networks for broad use throughout the manufacturing and service sectors. Written by an accomplished practitioner in common sense language, this "how to" book provides a complete blueprint for transforming marginal business relationships into exceptionally competitive networks. The author clearly explains how a supply chain network's competitiveness is defined by the integration of network design, the product Bill of Materials, and the network operations, not by a particular technology solution. This volume inspires you to see beyond the confines of your organization to unlock the competitive energy of end-to-end supply chain networks. It offers complete coverage of important topics that have previously received little attention, including the implementation of global performance measures, planning at the interface between push and pull operations, minimization of velocity traps, and paralleling cash-to-cash cycles.


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In the new global marketplace, says Walker, every manufacturing and service firm lives or dies within a networked context. An expert in supply chain architecture with a career at Hewlett-Packard under his belt, Walker uses story lines and detailed practical examples from a variety of industries and settings to address themes important to both executives and practitioners. Topics include conceptualizing networks, network relationships, design, overcoming information boundaries, performance measurement, competition, planning, growth and profit, and ways to evaluate the network potential of an organization. Tables and figures illustrate and clarify the text. An appendix provides a "Network Blueprint" which integrates the details presented in each chapter. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR


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