Inbound Logistics | January 2024

THE SUPPLY CHAIN REVOLUTION BY SUMAN SARKAR

An increasing number of companies fail annually due to old-school approaches to supply chain management. Currently, once-leading companies like Walmart, Pfizer, HP, and The Gap are struggling while other companies succeed. The key factor is the way company leaders perceive their supply chain. While some see it as a means to cut expenses, others consider it a tool to exceed competitors. This book is a valuable guide for those in supply chain leadership positions looking to make more successful alliances and streamline their operational strategy. Through sharing practical solutions and real-life examples, The Supply Chain Revolution delves into the complexities of sourcing and logistics in today’s highly competitive marketplace.

STRONG SUPPLY CHAINS THROUGH RESILIENT OPERATIONS BY SUKETU GANDHI, MICHAEL STROHMER, MARC LAKNER, TIFFANY HICKERSON, AND SHERRI HE This book encapsulates a broad range of the authors’ latest thinking on the need to replace “lean” operations with “resilient” ones, and how companies across industries are gaining success by taking a more dispersed approach to operations and supply chain. The authors anchor the book in five business principles of resilient operations: build resilience against supply shocks by empowering your supply base; build resilience against demand shocks by using your operations to create customer value; create resilient teams by leaning into new ways of working and the benefits of diversity; enable resilience through technology by combining human judgment with artificial intelligence; and ensure long-term resilience by embracing sustainability.

THE ART AND SCIENCE OF DEMAND AND SUPPLY CHAIN PLANNING IN TODAY’S COMPLEX GLOBAL ECONOMY BY PAUL MYERSON The demand and supply chain planning process has evolved from a disjointed, slow, manual set of processes to an integrated, timely process enabled by the use and coordination of highly trained people, lean, agile processes, and cutting- edge technology. This book helps readers understand and apply the concepts, tools, and techniques used in the e‰cient supply of goods and services in today’s changing global economy. It also outlines how businesses, through their supply chain, work both internally and with their trading partners to build strong relationships and integrate demand and supply planning activities across the supply chain to deliver customer value e‰ciently and e‹ectively.

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