The primary purpose of this book is to teach those unskilled in the art the basics of how to construct a new supply chain from scratch and begin its operation successfully. A secondary purpose of this book is to teach those with some practical business experience the basics of how to successfully modify an existing supply chain and continue its operation competitively
The purpose of this paper is to show how the cash‐to‐cash (C2C) metric may be used to benchmark supply chain performance.
Over recent years supply chain management has grown in importance because of the proliferation of improved information flows, outsourcing practices, strategic alliances and partnerships, and the reshaping of the organizational focus from functional silos toward integrated activities. Logistics and supply chain management emphasize achieving lowest total cost through synergistic interaction of…
The purpose of this paper is to show how firm financial management techniques may be used to improve over all supply chain profitability and performance.