Breakthrough Supply Chains: How Companies and Nations Can Thrive and Prosper in an Uncertain World, 1st Edition ✓ Most Recent [ Active ]

Supply chains directly impact the life of every person and nation in the world. Over the past 30 years, supply chains have undergone radical change, developing into complex, multitiered, and interconnected networks that span the globe. In order to engineer and sustain success in this uncertain new world, we must use breakthrough thinking to manage supply chains more effectively and strategically.

Breakthrough Supply Chains first simplifies and then reimagines the supply chain, taking a holistic view of the end-to-end chain of activities from the initial supplier to the customer, and providing a road map for navigating an uncertain future. Written by a dream team of experts who have served leading multinational corporations, the European Commission, the U.S. Department of Defense, the U.S. Department of Commerce, the World Bank, the Global Fund, among many other agencies and organizations, this comprehensive, forward-thinking resource covers everything you need to know to navigate the Nexus between the current supply chain and the challenges of tomorrow, including:

• National security and industrial policy

• Customer-driven, supply-aware supply chains

• Risk, uncertainty, and sustainability

• The rapid evolution of technology

• The need for breakthrough thinking to develop new strategies and operations models

Digitization, transparency and smart technologies, lean and just-in-time operating models, offshoring and outsourcing, geopolitical tensions, e-commerce, the COVID-19 pandemic–they have all changed the world we once knew. As the supply chain becomes increasingly vital to corporate financial performance and balance sheets, national security, public health, local and global economies, a new type of supply chain leader is needed to engineer sustained success.

Whether you are a government leader, corporate executive, or manager, Breakthrough Supply Chains helps you see the future clearly–and take action accordingly.

Author Dr. Christopher GopalGene TyndallDr. Wolfgang PartschDr. Eleftherios "Lefteris" Iakovou