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Record Nr.

UNINA9910807794003321

Autore

Sehgal Vivek

Titolo

Supply chain as strategic asset : the key to reaching business goals / / Vivek Sehgal

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken, N.J., : Wiley, 2011

ISBN

1-280-74659-9

9786613677778

1-118-26917-9

0-470-93967-2

0-470-93966-4

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (337 p.)

Collana

Wiley corporate F&A ; ; 22

Classificazione

85.34

Disciplina

658.7

Soggetti

Business logistics

Strategic planning

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Supply Chain as Strategic Asset: The Key to Reaching Business Goals; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Introduction; 1 Planning and Realizing the Goals of a Business Strategy; 2 Understanding Strategy; 3 Concepts of Business Strategy; 4 Exploring Functional Strategy; 5 Current Thinking on Supply Chain Strategy; 6 Creating a Functional Supply Chain Strategy; 7 Technology Strategy; 8 Supply Chain Nirvana: Bringing It All Together; APPENDIX A: Sample Artifacts for Creating an Effective Supply Chain Strategy; APPENDIX B: An Overview of the Scope of the Supply Chain in Modern Corporations

APPENDIX C: The Supply Chain and Corporate Financial Performance Notes; Bibliography; About the Author; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Hands-on guidance for creating competitive advantages through strategy realization How can your supply chain create competitive advantages and help achieve business goals? Drawing from the author's abundant research and analysis, this resourceful book shows how aligning the supply chain design with business strategy helps build competitive capabilities, prioritize capital investments, and takes your firm beyond the industry best-practices to create competitive



advantages, not just competitive parity. Summarizing the current literature on business and supply chain strategies, this book provides