2024 SUMMER READING GUIDE The Supply Chain Revolution: Innovative Sourcing and Logistics for a Fiercely Competitive World BY SUMAN SARKAR
Through success stories from leading companies like Apple and Zara, this book illustrates how viewing the supply chain as a strategic asset, rather than a cost- cutting area, can lead to remarkable business performance. It offers insights on making alliances more successful, simplifying processes, boosting retail success, and enhancing customer satisfaction. Using practical advice and real-world examples, this book provides tools to revolutionize the supply chain.
Supply Chain: The Insights You Need From Harvard Business Review BY WILLY C. SHIH, CHRISTIAN SHUH, WOLFGANG SCHNELLBACHER, AND DANIEL WEISE
Part of HBR’s “Insights You Need” series, this book addresses the challenges and disruptions facing global supply chains, including supply and demand shocks, labor shortages, and international trade wars. Special focus goes to helping business leaders understand the worldwide dynamics at play, identify risks in their supply chain networks, and ensure resilience without losing competitive advantage. The book combines foundational knowledge with practical case studies on fast-moving issues such as blockchain, cybersecurity, and AI.
Flow: How the Best Supply Chains Thrive BY ROB HANDFIELD AND TOM LINTON In this helpful resource for procurement and supply chain professionals, the authors explore the concept of “flow”—drawing parallels to natural phenomena like the flow of electricity and materials—and its importance in process optimization. They discuss the integration of end-to-end supply chains and the shift toward nearshoring and onshoring. Highlighting strategies that leverage global supply chain data and smart technologies, the book offers practical recommendations to improve supply chain performance amid ongoing disruptions, with insights from companies including Biogen, General Motors, Siemens, and Flex.
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