Supply chains

A manager's guide

D.A. Taylor

378 pages, parution le 13/10/2003

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Résumé

Today's fiercest business battles are taking place between competitors' supply chains, with victory dependent on finding a way to deliver products to customers more quickly and efficiently than the competition. For proof, just look to Dell and Amazon.com, both of which revolutionized their industries by changing how companies produce, distribute, and sell physical goods. But they're hardly alone. By revamping their supply chains, Siemens CT improved lead time from six months to two weeks, Gillette slashed $400 million of inventory, and Chrysler saved $1.7 billion a year.

It's a high-stakes game, and you don't have a lot of choice about playing: If your company touches a physical product, it's part of a supply chain-and your success ultimately hangs on the weakest link in that chain. In Supply Chains: A Manager's Guide, best-selling author David Taylor explains how to assemble a killer supply chain using the knowledge, technology, and tools employed in supply-chain success stories. Using his signature fast-track summaries and informative graphics, Taylor offers a clear roadmap to understanding and solving the complex problems of supply-chain management.

Modern manufacturing has driven down the time and cost of the production process, leaving supply chains as the final frontier for cost reduction and competitive advantage. Supply Chains: A Manager's Guide will quickly give managers the foundation they need to contribute effectively to their company's supply-chain success.

Introduction
Challenges
- The new competition
- The rules of the games
- Winning as a team
Solutions
- Supply chains as systems
- Modeling the supply chain
- Supply chain software
Operations
- Meeting demand
- Maintaining supply
- Measuring performance
Planning
- Forecasting demand
- Scheduling supply
- Improving performance
Design
- Mastering demand
- Designing the chain
- Maximizing performance
Notes on source
Suggested readings
Glossary
Index

L'auteur - D.A. Taylor

An internationally recognized authority on object technology, Dr. David A. Taylor has written numerous articles on business and technology, given keynote speeches at conferences, and served as the voice of authority for some of the world's leading companies. He is the author four books and coauthor of two others, including the acclaimed Object Technology, Second Edition: A Manager's Guide, (Addison-Wesley, 1998). Before founding Enterprise Engines, Inc., a company that develops supply-chain software, Dr. Taylor worked as a consultant helping Fortune 500 companies adopt object technology.

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Addison Wesley
Auteur(s)	D.A. Taylor
Parution	13/10/2003
Nb. de pages	378
Format	17,7 x 23,3
Couverture	Broché
Poids	715g
Intérieur	2 couleurs
EAN13	9780201844634
ISBN13	978-0-201-84463-4