Enrico Camerinelli, senior analyst at the Celent Banking Group, has recorded his experiences with the financial supply chain in a book. He describes the bridge between the supply chain manager and the CFO as being threefold: 1) it is hard to...
Hidden champions
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Hermann Simon has been studying ‘Hidden champions’ for more than twenty years, and already published some of his findings in 1996. In this sequel, he mainly focuses on the influence of globalisation on these companies. ‘Hidden champions’ are...
Contract scorecard
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With 'The contract scorecard', author Sara Cullen guides her reader, step by step, through the various elements of an outsourcing contract. The ‘contract scorecard’ consists of four quadrants: quality, finance, relationship and strategy. Cullen...
From strategic to dynamic
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Ten years after 'Strategic supply chain alignment', John Gattorna provides a new business model for the supply chains of 21st century companies. In 'Dynamic supply chain alignment', he explains how multiple supply chains can be established and...
Humanitarian Logistics
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The scope and complexity of humanitarian disasters have greatly increased over the past years. The book 'Humanitarian Logistics', which was published in February, gives a clear overview of the challenges and developments in humanitarian logistics....
Fatal decisions
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Even top managers with a proven reputation of intelligence can make fatal mistakes. How does that happen, and how can it be prevented? The book 'Think Again. Why Good Leaders Make Bad Decisions and How to Keep It From Happening to You' describes how...
From hype to profit
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The two Gartner technology analysts Jackie Fenn and Mark Raskino make a convincing argument with their book ‘Mastering the Hype Cycle’, using the stock market graphs for Amazon and investments in China, namely that the familiar S-shaped...
The new age of innovation
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This book provides a sound framework for retaining competitive advantages now that the market demands a unique customer experience at the lowest price and the global application of necessary means. The guru C.K. Pralahad and fellow author M.S....
Carlos Cordón researched the collaboration with suppliers
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Collaboration in the supply chain is the new maxim for defeating the competition. But how do you select the right partner and how do you develop a strategic collaboration? Professor Carlos Cordón of the IMD Business School in Lausanne researched...
Learning from China
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China is currently at the centre of attention, not only due to the Olympics but also on account of the country’s incredible economic growth. Two books recently appeared about the role of China in realising world domination in the business community...
