Next Generation Supply Management

Highlights

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Procurement

Supply Management Policies and How to Manage Them

Oct. 28, 2014
Executives aren’t above putting their personal and department needs above company benefit
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Corporate Finance & Tax

Where Should Supply Management Report in a Manufacturing Organization’s Hierarchy?

Oct. 16, 2014
Supply management should not report to product engineering or to finance, so which department should they report to?
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Continuous Improvement

How to Manage Your Strategic Suppliers

Oct. 1, 2014
Supplier contracts may be necessary but they cannot really change business fundamentals.
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Logistics

The Strategy Behind Choosing Strategic Suppliers

Sept. 16, 2014
The strategy OEMs should employ with strategic suppliers is to develop an extended enterprise type of relationship with them.
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Procurement

The Extended Enterprise and Next Generation Supply Management

Aug. 29, 2014
Next Generation Supply Management is the natural evolution of what could have resulted had extended enterprise remained the basis of Chrysler’s supply chain strategy.
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Procurement

Should Procurement Have a Seat at the Table?

June 20, 2014
Does the procurement function in your company have a voice in decisions regarding strategic direction, financial goals, and how those directions and goals should be pursued?
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Procurement

Where's the Beef? Industrial Justification for Next Generation Supply Management

June 6, 2014
Next Generation Supply Management describes a procurement function that has a recognized role in impacting executive-level financial metrics above and beyond piece-price.
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Continuous Improvement

Manufacturing Critical-path Time: A Measure of True Lead-Time

May 23, 2014
MCT reduction as a lean strategy prioritizes manufacturing improvement activities that will most impact order fulfillment capability.
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Continuous Improvement

Metrics that Facilitate Improved Supplier Performance

May 9, 2014
Manufacturers need a “primary” metric that relates supplier performance to supplier operations.