Coming to the MyEducator catalog this Summer is Supply Chain Strategy. Written by a world-class author team, author lead Stanley E. Fawcett is joined by A. Michael Knemeyer, Sebastian Brockhaus, and Dee Fawcett to create a high-quality resource that will benefit students and instructors alike.
Today’s competitive marketplace is a little bit crazy. Supply chain strategists are pressed to create higher levels of customer value and put in place more resilient and sustainable supply chains even as they tweak their global footprint in the face of geopolitical turmoil. What does this mean? Answer: Designing and operating a winning supply chain is more daunting than ever. Now, a little good news: There is a proven path to success. It consists of three main steps:
- Discern and exploit the competitive rules.
- Assess readiness to close competitive gaps and build competitive advantage.
- Build a supply chain team with the right players in the right roles and with the right relationships.
Supply Chain Strategy walks you and your students down this path, sharing the analysis and tools needed to think and act like a supply chain strategist. Are you ready for a little more good news? The book is easy—and fun—to read, sharing stories that stick and highlighting corporate success stories. If you currently teach or want to introduce a supply chain strategy course, this book is for you.
The authors approach this body of knowledge using unique metaphors and insightful real-life correlations that will keep your students entertained the whole way through while also creating memorable supply chain lessons. You may have never considered the lessons the Nile crocodile and Egyptian plover can provide your students on the nature of trust within the supply chain, or how Jackie Chan’s choreography process can provide insightful understanding in managing complex supply chains, but this book has done both (and much, much more). Students will come away having learned valuable lessons that they won’t forget.
With Supply Chain Strategy, the authors aim to provide students with a resource designed to take them to the next level of supply chain. While lessons on purchasing, operations, and logistics build a necessary foundation for any student entering the supply chain world, Supply Chain Strategy asks students to look beyond the basic necessities to examine the behaviors and culture that individuals and companies must develop for true and lasting success in an ever-changing supply chain world.
Wondering if this resource meets your needs? This resource covers the following topics:
- Chapter 1: How to Build a Supply Chain Champion
- Chapter 2: Getting Over the Bar: A Training Guide for Winning Customer Gold
- Chapter 3: Actionable Awareness: Scanning the Competitive Marketplace
- Chapter 4: Choreographic Competence: How to Thrive on the Supply Chain High Wire
- Chapter 5: Chain Reaction: Isn’t It Nice When Your Supply Chain Just Works?
- Chapter 6: How Visibility Builds the Confidence to Make the Climb
- Chapter 7: The Rumble in the Supply Chain: Knocking Out the Barriers to True SC Costing
- Chapter 8: Lights, Camera, Action: Master Supply Chain Complexity
- Chapter 9: Never Come Alone to a Gang Fight: Lessons on Supply Chain Trust from Nature's Amazing Allies
- Chapter 10: Get Measurement Right to Solve Supply Chain's Toughest Problems
- Chapter 11: Mastering the Slippery Slope of Digital Transformation to Enable Game-Changing Performance
- Chapter 12: Become the Supply Chain GOAT by Building Team Ego
- Chapter 13: Learn the Hero Maker's Craft to Guide the Quest for SC Transformation
- Chapter 14: How to Become a Supply Chain Rock Star
With high-class content, instructor materials, and all the standard tools that you find within a MyEducator resource, Supply Chain Strategy is a can’t-miss for instructors.
