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Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext "Rogers offers everything he learned about maximising supplier relationships in this tome...enlivened with personal stories! industry case studies and fascinating research" Directorship! January 2012 It's not enough for companies to simply try to find ways to save money through suppliers. If suppliers aren't fully integrated into their corporate strategy! there's no way for companies to ensure that they will continue to save money...and that their supply decisions will fit with changing organizational goals. Blending theory! best practices! and relevant examples! The Supply-Based Advantage reveals how to design! build! maintain! and "remodel" an organization's supply base to support its total business strategy and operations. Filled with enlightening examples from companies including Mars! Procter & Gamble! Intel! and Wal-Mart! this book shows how any organization can transform their supply function into a key driver of profit. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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 <...
