James B. Ayers "Supply Chain Project Management. Second Edition: A Structured Collaborative and Measurable Approach"
CRC | English | 2009-10-14 | ISBN: 1420083929 | 430 pages | PDF | 3,6 MB
Improving supply chain efficiency, especially in today’s unsettled
business climate, requires that managers go beyond doing business as
usual. They must apply inspiration and perspiration in a structured,
collaborative, and measurable approach that blends project management
with supply chain management knowledge and practice:
Supply Chain Project Management, Second Edition offers the supply chain
practitioners and project managers of today with a fully updated guide
for implementing strategic supply chain improvements. It covers how to
implement project management best practices in ways that will encourage
continual improvement of the supply chain. Focusing on improving
competitiveness, the book describes the benefit of applying proven
project management skills to improve collaboration and communication
among one’s own company and its suppliers and customers. It explains how
to achieve company-wide agreement for developing and directing
strategies that will lower risk in undertaking difficult supply chain
change.
Exceptionally well-organized to provide quick reference, as well as in-depth background where needed, this comprehensive work:
Covers SCM execution and the foundation concepts relevant to the current
international business climate, describing the challenges managers face
and the skills needed to deal with ongoing change
Explores the ways supply chain and supply chain management might be
defined, offering multiple viewpoints and definitions from supply chain
and project management perspectives
Details effective SCM project processes, offering the tools and project templates needed to implement change
A highly respected authority on supply chain implementation and
management, James Ayers is a member of the Project Management Institute
and the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals. Offering a
unique perspective, augmented by anecdotes garnered from his years of
experience, this book goes beyond conventional tools and methods to help
managers tap the creative inspiration needed to distinguish their
organization in these highly fluid and competitive times.