{"product_id":"9780134093789","title":"The Supply Chain Game Changers: Applications and Best Practices that are Shaping the Future of Supply Chain Management","description":"\u003cp\u003eBREAKTHROUGH BEST PRACTICES IN GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT FROM \u003ci\u003eWORLD-CLASS \u003c\/i\u003ePRACTITIONERS\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003e  \u003ci\u003eFor all supply chain decision-makers, professionals, and students\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e  \u003ci\u003eImprove financial and operational performance\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e  \u003ci\u003eManage risk and ensure continuity\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e  \u003ci\u003eDrive value through deeper integration\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e  \u003ci\u003eOptimize logistics cost \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003ecustomer responsiveness\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e  \u003ci\u003eHire and develop world-class talent\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis book brings together advanced supply chain practices that yield significant, enduring business advantage. It reflects extensive collaboration between industry pioneers and The University of Tennessee Global Supply Chain Institute (GSCI), a leading source of best practice knowledge for global supply chain management.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBuilding on GSCI’s deep industry partnerships, this book’s techniques take you far beyond the past decade’s advances. You’ll find new approaches to managing risk, integration, talent, distribution, purchasing, logistics, and more—all extensively vetted by leading executives. The authors fully explain each technique; its rationale, advantages, and challenges; and how pioneering organizations have implemented it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe world will look radically different in five years. If you want your supply chain to deliver competitive advantage \u003ci\u003etomorrow\u003c\/i\u003e, you need to prepare \u003ci\u003etoday\u003c\/i\u003e. This book shows you what to do, and how to get there.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn recent years, practically \u003ci\u003eeveryone’s \u003c\/i\u003esupply chain has become more sophisticated. To gain competitive advantage from your supply chain in the future, you’ll have to do even more. \u003ci\u003eThe Supply Chain\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eGame Changers \u003c\/i\u003eidentifies powerful new ways to drive value in complex global supply chains, shows how pioneers are succeeding with these innovations, and helps you make them work in your environment. The authors first discuss ten trends impacting global supply chains today, and preview emerging drivers of change through 2025. Reflecting these changes, they share new best practices for managing global supply chains, evolving supply networks, and accounting for economics, politics, infrastructure, and competence.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNext, the authors drill down to offer detailed guidance on several crucial aspects of supply chain management. 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