Strategic Supply Management: Creating the Next Source of Competitive Advantage
- ISBN-10
- 1932159673
- ISBN-13
- 9781932159677
- Category
- Business & Economics
- Pages
- 320
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2007-07-15
- Publisher
- J. Ross Publishing
- Author
- Robert J. Trent
Description
Supply management, the management of suppliers, and improved supply base relationships are hot topics. This highly readable book presents a framework for achieving sustainable competitive advantage through progressive supply management leadership and approaches. It presents in a concise yet informative manner the need for supply leadership, the organizational enablers that must be in place, and the strategies and approaches that leading organizations pursue to achieve advantages in price and cost, quality, cycle time, technology, flexibility, and end customer responsiveness. Strategic Supply Management includes a logical and comprehensive framework that features findings and insights gained from over seven major supply management research projects and dozens of case visits with leading companies.
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Other editions
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- 2008
- 308 pages
- Paperback
- Pearson Education
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- 2007-12-17
- 336 pages
- Paperback
- Pearson Higher Ed
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- 1995
- 246 pages
- Paperback
- Butterworth-Heinemann
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