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The supply chain network @ internet speed : preparing your company for the e-commerce revolution
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The power of technology is completely transforming business operations, radically boosting speed, efficiency, and shareholder value. One of the newest and most promising applications of electronic technology is in supply chain management, the distinctly unglamorous but absolutely essential steps that take place between procuring raw materials and shipping final products. For executives and managers involved inmanufacturing supply chains - whether suppliers, manufacturing assemblers, wholesalers/distributors, retailers, or transportation providers - this practical, step-by-step guide explains how to create cost-effective, state-of-the-art fulfillment capabilities. Packed with relevant examples, each chapter focuses on improving supply chain technology, processes, and people in specific industries, including: * Retail * Consumer products * E-trading communities * High-tech manufacturing *Hosted applications * Automotive * E-exchanges * Oil and gas * Transportation * E-business front-end * Health care pharmaceuticals, and more." "


Author Notes

"Fred A. Kuglin (Dallas, TX) is vice president in the Supply Chain Operations practice with Cap Gemini Ernst & Young US LLP.

Barbara A. Rosenbaum (Baltimore, MD) is a director with Cap Gemini Ernst & Young's Global Supply Chain service line."


Table of Contents

Fred A. KuglinBarbara A. Rosenbaum
List of Exhibitsp. ix
Introduction: The Changing World of Supply Chain Managementp. xiii
Leadership and Change
The Power of Change
Conclusion
Acknowledgmentsp. xxi
Acknowledgmentsp. xxiii
1. The CEO's Decision: Creating Opportunity out of Crisisp. 1
Introduction
The War Room
The CEO and Crisis Response--The Test of True Leadership
2. Let's Make a Deal?p. 25
Introduction
The Consolidation Headache
E-Commerce Strategy
Lack of Customer Focus
Customer Management or Administrative Management?
Profitable Growth
Simplify Complexity; Focus on Velocity
Promotions and the Supply Chain
ECR and Good Intentions
What's Next?
Invoice Deductions and the viaLink Solution
Scan-Based Trading
CPFAR and TradeMatrix
The Future
Profitable Growth: How to Get Started
Summary
3. Supply Chain Innovationp. 55
Introduction
What Is Driving Change in the PC Industry?
From Linear Supply Chains to Networked Supply Chains
Where Are We Today?
The Dell Direct Factor
Dell's Order-to-Delivery Process Firsthand
Five Drivers of Shareholder Value--Working Capital Efficiency
The Customer and Supplier Connectors--The HightechMatrix Connection
Working Capital Efficiency--How to Get Started
Putting It All Together
Summary: Time Waits for No One
4. The Big Wheel Keeps on Turningp. 81
Introduction
North American Automotive Industry Overview
Global Market Concerns
Supply Chain Case Study
The Internet and the Customer
Autolink.com
Five Drivers of Shareholder Value--Fixed-Capital Efficiency
World Car and E-Exchanges
E-Exchanges--Greater Value than Just E-Procurement?
What's Next?
What's Next? Innovation!
Fixed Capital Efficiency--How to Get Started
Summary: Pulling It All Together
5. Life after ERP?p. 103
Introduction
Innovation
Consolidation Is Rampant
Imported Oil, Lobbying in Washington, and Global Ownership
Shareholder Value: Cost Minimization
E-Nersection.com
Demand and Supply Planning
Spare Parts Exchange--Cost Minimization and Supply Chain Solution
What's Next? More Innovation!
Cost Minimization--How to Get Started
Summary
6. From 3PL to .comLLPp. 125
Introduction
3PL Industry Challenges
The Emerging Role of the Lead Logistics Provider (LLP)
Industry Forces for the LLP
Shareholder Value--Tax Minimization
Technology: From 3PL to .comLLP
Transportation Exchange--The Supply Communicator
Other Services
Tax Minimization--How to Get Started
Summary
7. From Idea to Lifep. 153
Introduction
The Importance of Research and Development
Return on Investment?
Alliances, Mergers, and Acquisitions
The Networked Supply Chain Connection
Technology with Networked Supply Chain Alliance Partners
Back to RandD--The Heartbeat of Pharmaceutical Companies
Product Lifecycle Management
Product Lifecycle Management and the Networked Supply Chain
Profitable Growth through PLM--How to Get Started
Summary
8. The CEO's Agendap. 175
Introduction
Speed
The Challenges of Internet Speed
From Company to .company Wealth
From Company to .company Operations
TradeMatrix
TradeMatrix and the .company
The CEO's Agenda--How to Get Started
Summary
9. The Next Wave of Supply Chain Valuep. 199
Change? What Change?
There Is Speed, and There Is Stupidity
The Supply Chain Network in the Internet World
The Dean of Information-Technology Supply Chain Management
Conclusion
Appendix A Trading Communities and Their Importance in the Networked Supply Chainp. 209
Appendix B Sourcing/E-Procurement Methodologyp. 229
Indexp. 239