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Supply Chain
Transformation
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Supply Chain
Transformation
Practical Roadmap to Best
Practice Results
RICHARD J. SHERMAN
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To my wife, for driving me to, for the first time ever, beat a deadline and
‘‘git ‘er done’’ ahead of schedule. And to my family who have supported
me through years of travels, ups and downs, and life in general.
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Contents
Foreword xi
Preface xiii
Acknowledgments xvii
Chapter1:ChangeIsInevitable,GrowthIsOptional 1
GlobalizationChangestheGame 3
ParadigmsDriveOrganizationalBehaviorandCulture 5
AssessingYourCompany’sCulture 7
LevelsofCulturalMaturity 9
BuildingaCaseforChange 14
ParadigmsCanEncourageorConstrainInnovation 16
Notes 18
Chapter2:PuttingtheBusinessinPerspective 19
DefiningandUnderstandingBusinessObjectives 21
DefiningtheBusinesswithintheContextoftheMarket 24
DevelopingYourVision 25
AddingSWOTAnalysisPutstheBusinessinPerspective 29
PrincipleofCreativeTension 32
Notes 34
Chapter3:MarketDriversandtheDynamicsofChange 35
SupplyChainIsMarketing:AToolforAnalyzingthe
MarketEnvironmentImpactingtheSupplyChain 38
ScanningtheMarketEnvironmentforDriversofChange 40
SystemsThinking:YourStrategyforManaginginaChangingMarket 43
Notes 52
Chapter4:BusinessStructuresAretheLeversofChange 53
YouCan’tBreakDowntheSilos:CollaborationIstheKey 54
UnderstandingtheBusinessStructuresandProcessesThat
GoverntheBehavioroftheOrganization 57
VerticalandHorizontalBusinessStructuresandDrivers 58
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EverythingThatGetsDoneGetsDonethroughaProcess ...
BusinessProcessManagement 60
Chapter5:IfYou’reDrivenbyDemand,You’reProbably
BeingDrivenCrazy 69
WhatAretheDemandCreationStructureProcessTypes? 73
DemandCreationProcessesImpactDemandFulfillment
BehaviorDramatically 76
GuessWhat?TheForecastIsWrong,DealwithIt 79
ForecastingIsasMuchaboutArtasItIsaboutScience 82
Event-DrivenForecastingIsaBestPracticeImperative 84
ExtendCollaborativeProcessestotheCustomer(andSupplier) 86
Note 89
Chapter6:SupplyChainManagement:APipelineofOpportunity 91
UnderstandingtheDemandFulfillmentStructure 92
MajorOperatingFunctionsoftheDemandFulfillmentStructure:
Procurement,Production,andLogistics 94
LeanSixSigmaIsNotanOption—It’saRequirement 99
LeveragingSupplyChainCapabilityforSynchronization:
Strategy,Planning,andExecution 103
Notes 119
Chapter7:Okay,WeNeedManagementCommitment;
So,HowDoWeGetIt? 121
UnderstandingtheDemandPerformanceStructure 122
YouCan’tManageWhatYouCan’tMeasure 125
ProcessTypesThatDrivetheDemandPerformanceStructure 130
WhatKeepstheCEOandCFOUpatNight? 131
HowDoesOperations(SupplyChain)ExcellenceImpact
theIncomeStatementandBalanceSheettoDriveReturn
onInvestedCapital? 134
Notes 140
Chapter8:TechnologyDrivestheWavesofChange 141
ScanningtheHorizonforTechnologyDevelopments 142
WhatEmergingTechnologiesAreLikelytoImpactthe
SupplyChain? 143
HowDoesTechnologyImpacttheOrganization? 147
HowCanInformationTechnologyEnableBusiness
OperationstoMaximizeReturn? 149
Chapter9:MakingtheJourneyHappen 153
WeGotManagementCommitment,WhatDoWeDoNow? 154
DevelopinganOperatingPlanandCreatingaCultureforChange 154
Benchmarking:PerceptionversusReality 161