{"product_id":"9780133764406","title":"Managing Supply Chain Networks: Building Competitive Advantage In Fluid And Complex Environments","description":"\u003cp\u003eUSE KNOWLEDGE AND INNOVATION TO \u003cb\u003eMAXIMIZE \u003c\/b\u003eVALUE FROM TODAY’S SOPHISTICATED, FAST-CHANGING SUPPLY NETWORKS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e Build integrated, complementary supply networks that work together to win \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Accelerate the cycle from needs identification to product\/service launch to customer experience \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e Create long-term strategy adherence to the business that competes in fluid environments \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eLeading companies are developing powerful new techniques for managing today’s complex, fluid supply networks. Now, Alexandre Oliveira and Anne Gimeno help you apply these techniques to embed greater agility, resilience, speed, and intelligence throughout your own supply chain network.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOliveira and Gimeno review how supply chains \u003ci\u003ehave \u003c\/i\u003echanged, how they \u003ci\u003ewill \u003c\/i\u003echange, and the radically new challenges and opportunities arising from these changes. Next, they show how to drive value by capturing and sharing your network’s knowledge far more effectively, and using it to drive innovations that strengthen the entire network.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGoing far beyond previous models, they guide you in improving interactions across all knowledge areas, functional supply chain building blocks, business structures, tactics, and external elements–including suppliers, customers, service providers, competitors, and non-competitors.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eToday, individual companies don’t compete: their \u003ci\u003esupply chain networks \u003c\/i\u003edo. Winning businesses must be capable of sensing and anticipating market shifts, and rapidly aligning their networks in response. In a word, their networks must be \u003ci\u003ewiser\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this guide, leading practitioners Alexandre Oliveira and Anne Gimeno show how to embed actionable wisdom throughout your own complex supply network. You’ll learn how to create multi-company structures that promote the long-term success of your entire network, and how to accelerate innovation by leveraging knowledge and ideas from all network sources.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUsing practical examples, Oliveira and Gimeno demonstrate how to evolve more resilience and elasticity, building a network that can respond more quickly and coherently to any new risk, opportunity, problem, or trend. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eManaging Supply Chain Networks \u003c\/i\u003eis invaluable to any strategist, executive, manager, or advanced student who wants to drive greater value and competitiveness from a complex supply chain network.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e  \u003cb\u003ePRESENTING AN EVOLUTION TO PORTER´S FIVE FORCES MODEL \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eDetailing how to add value to shareholders and stakeholders in highly competitive business environments \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e  \u003cb\u003eBUILDING INNOVATION-ENABLED KNOWLEDGE LEADERSHIP INTO YOUR NETWORK \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eStrengthening long-term knowledge development and retention across your network \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e  \u003cb\u003eIMPLEMENTING MECHANISMS THAT INCREASE NETWORK RESPONSIVENESS \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eOptimizing connections, architecture, functions, and human interactions \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e  \u003cb\u003eMANAGING RISK MORE SUCCESSFULLY IN NETWORK ENVIRONMENTS \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eTranscending limited “firm-centered”risk management strategies \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003e  \u003cb\u003ePROMOTING GREATER COLLABORATION ACROSS YOUR NETWORK \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003ci\u003eUsing visibility, vendor selection, culture, governance, and other methods\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pearson FT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47022142030064,"sku":"9780133764406","price":79.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780133764406_p0.jpg?v=1763641078","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780133764406","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}