Download or read book Global Supply Chain Management Supplier Development Process written by Emmanuel Tete Darko and published by GRIN Verlag. This book was released on 2012-08-08 with total page 20 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Scientific Essay from the year 2012 in the subject Business economics - Offline Marketing and Online Marketing, grade: A, ( Atlantic International University ), course: DBA, language: English, abstract: decline profit. Obviously most firms are operating in exceedingly turbulent environment with pioneering and first mover advantage diminishing at an amazing velocity. Consumers are increasingly becoming impatient and are demanding soaring quality products. Coupled with this, there is less strategy to support supplier development in most firms. The evidence being that, there are no formal partnership in place for lots of firms and virtually all key items are dual sourced for supply security; and in most cases suppliers meetings only occur when there is a failure and technical staff of most firms have virtually no confidence for suppliers in opening up with technological thoughts, non existence policy and contract, The inevitable of this is significant high cost, not meeting customers’ priorities and becoming market follower. In view of this, a way has now been unlocked using outsourcing; collaboration among subcontractors could improve firm’s efficiency levels and inject competitiveness in commodity’s prices. Nonetheless, to attain entrepreneurial collaboration effectively, dealers and subcontractors need to tackle definite concerns relative to their business segment, unique turf and operational performance. Differentiating amid “supplier” and “subcontractor” is imperative. With the earlier being the source of goods/services at marketplace to a widespread customers in huge amount, and the second a provider of customized goods /services usually not obtainable at marketplace to solitary client in miniature volumes. Regarding to the concept under discussions, the issues wrap suppliers as well as subcontractors; the two vocabularies are arbitrarily applied. [...]

Download or read book Supply Chain Redesign written by Robert B. Handfield and published by FT Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors identify key emerging trends and drivers in supply chain management, introduce powerful new strategies for redesigning supply chains, and present comprehensive global case studies showing how Nortel and General Motors have transformed their own supply chains to optimize value and drive out costs.

Download or read book Supplier Development written by Miroslav Kucera and published by Miroslav Kucera. This book was released on 2015-11-30 with total page 25 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plenty of books about supplier development and application of lean principles in supplier management are available for students, supply chain managers and strategic purchasers. Some of them are excellent and provide complete guide through the complicated and difficult process. Truth is that all of the best books are priced very high and it is not better for the remaining available books written on this topic. The book covers the most important phases of supplier development projects: - selection of suppliers - establishing common understanding of the project and goals - analyzing supplier - baseline process map creation Purpose of this book is to give to a reader overview of the supplier development process in not more than 5000 words. Honestly, the book cannot be compared with the top class supplier development handbooks. The lack of complexity is balanced by lower price.

Download or read book Supply Chain Management written by Joris J.A. Leeman and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2020-09-04 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this book is to help you with the development and implementation of a successful End-to-End Supply Chain Management - Strategy: optimising your processes from manufacturer to retailer. This book answers four questions: - How to develop an end-to-end supply chain - strategy? - How to create the necessary supply chain infrastructure? - How to make collaboration work between the partners in the network? - How to plan and manage the supply chain flows? It will enable you to: - Systematically improve your sales productivity in the retail stores; - Enhance the operational / qualitative performance of your processes and those of your partners in the supply chain; - More effectively balance the trade-off Time v Costs. This book provides you with: - A Supply Chain System - Model: a framework to develop your End-to-End Supply Chain; - 10 Strategic Building Blocks which can be used as a toolkit; - 50 Lessons Learned based on experiences from practice; - A strategic roadmap: to plan, organise, lead and control your supply chain. The 2nd edition has many new cases, toolboxes and a new chapter on process management. In addition, more attention is given to topics like procurement, demand planning, omnichanneling and supply chain-design, -planning and -execution. For whom has this book been written? This book is useful for thinkers and practitioners! For everyone who wants to learn more about supply chain management and the development and implementation of an end-to-end supply chain strategy.

Download or read book Global Supply Chain Management Leveraging Processes Measurements and Tools for Strategic Corporate Advantage written by G. Tomas M. Hult and published by McGraw Hill Professional. This book was released on 2013-11-08 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: LEVERAGE YOUR SUPPLY CHAIN FOR MAXIMUM PROFIT Do you have a global supply chain strategy designed for the long run? About 90 percent of global demand is not fully met by local supply, and global supply chains will soon account for 25 percent of multinational firms' performance--meanwhile, supply chains need to become 43 percent more global in the next decade just to maintain a firm's competitive edge. Written by three of today's leading experts on the subject--each from Michigan State University, the uncontested world leader of supply chain management--Global Supply Chain Management gives you the know-how and tools to dramatically boost supply chain efficiency by making it a core element of your overall corporate strategy. Global Supply Chain Management takes you step by step through the process of creating and managing a global supply chain strategy and aligning it with the conditions of your industry. Learn everything you need to know about developing a core strategy plus strategies for each of the critical supply chain functions: LOGISTICS--Integrate logistics strategy and tactical activities PURCHASING--Manage the transition to purchasing globally OPERATIONS--Systematically design, direct, and control processes MARKET CHANNELS--Effectively connect your supply chain to customers With in-depth case studies and data showing how American Express, AB InBev, Dell, FedEx, Daimler, Microsoft, Nestlé, Nokia, and several other prominent companies have applied global supply chain strategy to increase profits and growth, Global Supply Chain Management helps you take action to drive similar success in your company. If you're serious about competing today--and in the future--you must integrate and leverage strategic supply chain management into your overall corporate strategy. Global Supply Chain Management provides everything you need to build a strategy designed for the long run. PRAISE FOR GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT "This book does a superb job of using a total value perspective and integrating business functions into a strategic framework for global supply chain management that can be leveraged for success." -- Leif Johansson, Chairman of the Board of Directors of AstraZeneca, Ericsson, European Round Table of Industrialists, and the International Advisory Board of the Nobel Foundation "Written by a superb team of world-leading authors on global supply chain management, this book provides a great framework for companies to leverage global supply chain functions and processes, measurements, and tools to achieve sustained strategic advantage in the global marketplace." -- Michael Lawton, Chief Financial Officer (CFO) and Executive Vice President of Finance of Domino's Pizza, Inc. "In our company, we have come to recognize the strategic importance of building and maintaining a global supply chain. This book does an excellent job of identifying a framework for considering the implications of an integrated model for global supply chain management. It's clear that the authors have tremendous experience, and they have shared their insights in an innovative and integrative way." -- John Shull, Vice President and Global Procurement Officer of Steelcase Inc. "Global supply chains are critically important to companies in delivering products and services that satisfy customers. Hult, Closs, and Frayer provide an excellent model for how to drive the strategic and operational dimensions of global supply chain management to maximize end-customer value." -- Claes Fornell, Chairman of the Board of Directors of CFI Group Worldwide and ForeSee, and founder of the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI)

Download or read book Managing the Global Supply Chain written by Tage Skjott-Larsen and published by Copenhagen Business School Press DK. This book was released on 2007 with total page 472 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world today faces global competition. The supply chain is a vital part of the globalization process. Presenting a global view of the scope and complexity of supply chain management, this book reflects the rapid change that has taken place within the supply chain and its environment. This third edition has been fully updated with recent changes in concepts, technology, and practice. Integration and collaboration are keywords in future competition. Firms must be agile and lean at the same time. The book gives an insightful overview of the conceptual foundations of the global supply chain, as well as current examples of the best practice of managing supply chains in a global context.

Download or read book Supplier Matters written by Dr. Aditya Verma and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2019-01-17 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Purchase commonly respond that they are so busy in daily paper works and firefighting that they have no time to do things, what they really want to do. Aditya’s book will surely help in organizing their work. S K Goenka, Managing Director, Emami Ltd. INDIA "Aditya distills hands-on experience built over decades in MNCs and Indian companies into a practical handbook that will prove immensely valuable to supply chain and sourcing professionals and general managers wishing to improve their procurement function's effectiveness and strategy". Kenneth Gayer, Chief Executive Officer, Gelest Inc., USA “Too often in the past, suppliers were selected primarily on the basis of cost and that proved costly”. This is excellent manuscript from Aditya to improve supplier managing process. Ricky Jack, Vice President Global Operations (Retd), DuPont Solae LLC., USA “Procurement function of any organization is run by the most responsible person. If anything goes wrong, he or she who heads Purchase is generally the one held responsible. There’s always a sense of fire-fighting - raw materials must reach the plant on time, but there shouldn’t be excess inventory. Inputs must be at the lowest cost, but vendors must be loyal - even if payments are delayed, just in time even if forecast accuracy is 50%. Into this apparent chaos flutters the pages of this book, an enjoyable and educative narration on how to massage a modicum of method into the madness. Fantastic tale and a treatise from Aditya.” Dr. Anjan Ray, Director – CSIR, Indian Institute of Petroleum, INDIA. Using real world examples, the author demonstrates the importance and structure of a robust supplier qualification process, as well as ways to monitor the ongoing performance of the supply base. He goes on further to show how critical it is to have all major business functions aligned throughout the process. James W. Bova, Vice President, Global Sales, PMC Group Inc., USA. “Aditya created and oversaw Sourcing operations for India & High Growth regions in a large MNC, and applied the strategies described herein which delivered results, this book will surely help businesses in improving profitability and sustainability through procurement”. Jens-Wolfgang Rieck, Sr. Director – Procurement Portfolio Transformation – Honeywell, Switzerland. “Risk analysis, lean processes, criticality grid, supplier development and global business culture understanding are key to procurement performance. Aditya with long experience in the Procurement reflected very well on these.” Yofre Rodriguez Carlos, Global Procurement & Supply Chain Director, Kirsch Pharma Group, Germany.

Download or read book Supply Chain Management written by Douglas M. Lambert and published by Supply Chain Management Inst. This book was released on 2008 with total page 460 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book World Class Supply Management written by David N. Burt and published by Irwin/McGraw-Hill. This book was released on 2003 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This work presents a practical framework for students to apply the way that firms manage the enterprise-wide functions of purchasing and supply in today's business environment.

Download or read book The Purchasing Machine written by R. David Nelson and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2001-08-11 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every day companies leave billions of dollars in invisible, unrealized savings on the table because of poor supply chain management practices. Now supply management experts Dave Nelson, Patricia E. Moody, and Jonathan Stegner show not only how leading companies recoup these savings through their mastery of target costing, value engineering, and supplier development, but how supply chain management -- the discipline of acquiring and moving material -- has become a manufacturing company's hottest competitive weapon. Based on a survey of 247 purchasing managers and more than 1,000 hours of interviews and on-site visits, the authors have selected ten top firms whose supply management pioneers excel at twenty "best practices." With cases and stories, Nelson, Moody, and Stegner show how these leading-edge purchasing departments at American Express, SmithKline Beecham, DaimlerChrysler, Harley-Davidson, Honda of America, IBM, John Deere, Whirlpool, Flextronics, and Sun Microsystems have put into place pathbreaking processes and procedures. Here, for example, described in step-by-step detail, are Chrysler's SCORE program and Honda's strategic sourcing strategy that saved the companies billions. The book also includes a crucial section on the next stage of supplier development that will involve the sourcing and allocation of ideas as well as materials. The authors provide concrete, practical steps to improvement that any supply chain manager can take to successfully implement these best practices. The Purchasing Machine will be required reading for logistics, purchasing, and procurement managers in hundreds of thousands of companies. The authoritative nature of the authors' source material is certain to make this the single most important and practical reference on best purchasing practices for years to come.

Download or read book Guideline for the Development of Chinese Suppliers written by Matthias Vodicka and published by diplom.de. This book was released on 2006-12-06 with total page 116 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inhaltsangabe:Abstract: Nowadays companies all over the world face global competition. Because the bought-in part cost of engineering goods represents a big share of the overall production cost of engineering goods, procurement developed to be a major leverage to save cost in the recent years. As part of it, the supplier management is increasingly considered to be an important business function. Further, the development of supply bases in low-cost-countries (LCC), as China is, over the past years rapidly gained significance, since it is one of the remaining levers to reduce costs. After years of mass production of mostly simple products, today Industrialized-Country (IC) companies from the mechanical engineering industry strive for the sourcing of bought-in parts from Chinese suppliers. The scope of this thesis is to examine the existing methods, especially the Balanced Scorecard (BSC), and other concepts of supplier development and supplier improvement for their application with Chinese suppliers. Based on the strengths and weaknesses of these approaches a new procedure is developed. Therefore the first step is the examination of the supplier development process theoretically and practically. The theoretic view is based on literature research while the source for the examination of the practical problems of German buyers as well as of Chinese suppliers is a questionnaire based interview study among involved companies. Generally occurring threats of the buyer supplier relationship should be analyzed and weighed upon their relevancy especially for the Chinese supply market. Taking these issues into account, the existing procedures for supplier development and improvement are optimized for their application to Chinese companies. Finally the thesis closes with a general risk examination and the development of an applicable FMEA (Failure Modes and Effects Analysis) based methodology for the assessment of purchasing risk especially in China. IC companies penetrating the Chinese market with the target to source locally have to develop a supply base first. The supplier development identifies the required suppliers, assesses them upon their capabilities and establishes a co-operation. A successful supply needs supplier improvement, since fundamental capabilities are lacking frequently. Further, risks weigh heavier due to the high investments required in advance. Considering mainly small and medium sized enterprises in investment goods industry, the [...]

Download or read book Global Sourcing and Supply Management Excellence in China written by Marc Helmold and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-08-26 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides readers a holistic and pragmatic approach towards supply management in China. It elaborates on how supply management should integrate the optimum level, and a combination of quality, cost and delivery. In addition to serving as a guide on how to address cultural barriers, apply supply tools and concepts, it also illustrates the best practices in supply management in China. It draws from a large number of best practices of companies from automotive to railway, to convince other functional departments and higher management that supply management plays the most fundamental role in any organization due to the high number of value adding activities which are coming from suppliers. These practices have been derived by a multi-methodical approach including interviews with supply management leaders from industry and experts in academia, making it as unique and a suitable a guide for practitioners and academics.

Download or read book Innovative Supplier Management written by Marc Helmold and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-01-09 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Globalization, digitization, global supply chains and the Corona pandemic have led companies to take a closer look at value chains. Shifting services to partially competing supplier networks is giving rise to new guiding principles, strategies and processes. The focus in the future has therefore long since shifted from leveraging internal cost advantages to information exchange, stable supply chains and the exploitation of global cross-company potential. This book uses innovative, digital and strategic examples to show how successful supplier management must function and act.

Download or read book Surviving Supply Chain Integration written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2000-03-23 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The managed flow of goods and information from raw material to final sale also known as a "supply chain" affects everythingâ€"from the U.S. gross domestic product to where you can buy your jeans. The nature of a company's supply chain has a significant effect on its success or failureâ€"as in the success of Dell Computer's make-to-order system and the failure of General Motor's vertical integration during the 1998 United Auto Workers strike. Supply Chain Integration looks at this crucial component of business at a time when product design, manufacture, and delivery are changing radically and globally. This book explores the benefits of continuously improving the relationship between the firm, its suppliers, and its customers to ensure the highest added value. This book identifies the state-of-the-art developments that contribute to the success of vertical tiers of suppliers and relates these developments to the capabilities that small and medium-sized manufacturers must have to be viable participants in this system. Strategies for attaining these capabilities through manufacturing extension centers and other technical assistance providers at the national, state, and local level are suggested. This book identifies action steps for small and medium-sized manufacturersâ€"the "seed corn" of business start-up and developmentâ€"to improve supply chain management. The book examines supply chain models from consultant firms, universities, manufacturers, and associations. Topics include the roles of suppliers and other supply chain participants, the rise of outsourcing, the importance of information management, the natural tension between buyer and seller, sources of assistance to small and medium-sized firms, and a host of other issues. Supply Chain Integration will be of interest to industry policymakers, economists, researchers, business leaders, and forward-thinking executives.

Download or read book Global Supply Chain Management written by Matt Drake and published by Business Expert Press. This book was released on 2012-01-11 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thanks to the development of internet- and network-based information and communication systems, virtually every product and service produced today has a supply chain that extends around the globe. For the last twenty-five years, companies such as Wal-Mart, Dell, and Toyota have enjoyed strong competitive advantages in their respective markets as a result of their world-class supply chains. As the supply chain increasingly lengthens, managers at all levels of the organization must understand the unique challenges of working with suppliers and customers located around the world--and the opportunities that can build new competitive advantages. This book will introduce readers at all levels of experience to cutting-edge methods and strategies for global sourcing and global distribution through the discussion of current research and case study vignettes from companies in every corner of the world.

Download or read book The Structure of Global Supply Chains written by Panos Kouvelis and published by Now Publishers Inc. This book was released on 2007 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Global supply chain management is a core business process of the utmost strategic importance that all global firms have to manage. The Structure of Global Supply Chains provides a better understanding for the development of the right "footprint" of a global firm in its effort to supply its markets in environments of fast paced competition and tremendous uncertainty. The authors focus on the structure of global supply chains and the detailed choices involving the network of facilities at all stages of the supply chain in order to successfully execute the global business strategy. The main purpose of The Structure of Global Supply Chains is to go beyond an elementary exposition of global supply chain network design issues using the latest research to identify the multiplicity of factors that contribute to designing these networks for competitive advantage of the global firm, while at the same time exposing both the successful features and the challenges faced by decision support systems developed to address such decisions. The emphasis is on presenting approaches built on operations and supply chain modeling research and support tools based on academic and industrial research of the last two decades. The Structure of Global Supply Chains provides the reader with comprehensive answers to how should a global firm configure its network of facilities and what dynamic approaches to use to effectively reconfigure it in an effort to meet demand in global markets in a profit maximizing way of sustainable profitability and competitive advantage.

Download or read book Supply Chains and Total Product Systems written by Ed Rhodes and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2009-02-04 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This wide-ranging reader locates supply chain management, leanproduction and related practice within the holistic concept oftotal product systems. Demonstrates the strategic relevance of managing supply chainsand supply networks to organizational performance and to a range ofbusiness functions, including finance, design, production,environmental management, information systems, and marketing. Considers sustainable supply chain management across theservice, manufacturing and process sectors. Reflects the radical changes in organizational beliefs,practices and processes that are necessary for a shift to supplychain management in contemporary, global, competitiveconditions. Considers particular issues and challenges for micro, small,and medium-sized enterprises. Contains readings that are interdisciplinary and internationalin focus.