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Supply Chain Management
Inside this issue
• Surging competition and market risks make companies tighten focus on supply chains
• Companies go as far back as the design stage in making sustainability decisions - -
Content
Introduction: a game being played to new rules
In an increasingly competitive but risk-laden global economy, most companies now treat supply chain management as a strategic issue, writes Andrew Baxter
Opinion: lessons from 25 supply chain leaders
Chief executives need to think of the supply chain not as a cost centre but as the orchestrator of a value network, says Kevin O’Marah of AMR Research
Opinion: designing a supply chain ‘from the shelf back’
Martin Smith and Chris Poole of PA Consulting Group highlight the three factors that companies should embrace if they are to emulate the supply chain success of P&G
Opinion: Successful sourcing from low-cost countries
In a world of global markets, supply chain management is on a par with brand, people and product management, says Hans-Kristian Bryn
SCM podcast
Podcast: Tim Jones, partner at KPMG UK, is interviewed by Andrew Baxter of the FT about trends in supply chain management
Green supply chains: moving beyond logistics
Many organisations are starting to look for efficiencies throuhout their operations, taking decisions on sustainability back as far as the design stage, writes Sarah Murray
Food industry: taking a bite out of waste levels
The pressure on today’s food retailers to improve the efficiency of their supply chains is intensifying, writes Sarah Murray
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