Academic research results in the field of supply chain management were often obtained from ideal circumstances with generic conditions. Supply chain professionals, on the other hand, developed cost-effective strategies on the basis of local and...
Goldratt saves Baan Company
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A great deal has been published about Baan Company, in many different media. The best-known book is the one by Mark Houben and Jeroen Wester of the Dutch newspaper Het Financieele Dagblad, which gives an illuminating overview of the issues with Baan....
From sand to sand
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‘From grain to drink’ and ‘from sand to customer’ are familiar slogans in the total overview of a supply chain that certainly appeals to the imagination. Architect William McDonough and chemist Michael Braungart are now introducing the...
How Countries Compete
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The global competition between countries and companies is increasing proportionally to the rapid globalisation. More than ever before, governments of different countries are competing with one another. The title ‘How Countries Compete’ by Richard...
Worldwide competition
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The book ‘The Dragons at Your Door’ by Ming Zeng and Peter J. Williamson gives a surprising, fascinating insight into the ways in which Chinese companies, innovatively and successfully, compete in the world market. The two authors argue that the...
Drucker in print
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Peter Drucker is, even after his death in 2005, perhaps the most important management guru of all times. Some of his famous sayings include: ‘Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things’, ‘Plans are only good...
Many small numbers
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The very readable book ‘The Long Tail’ by Chris Anderson is a discussion of a relatively new phenomenon. Namely that the sales of products in small numbers in particular yield huge proceeds due to the rise of the Internet. At least one track is...
New classic about Supply Chains
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Let’s get straight to the point: ‘Living Supply Chains: How to mobilize the enterprise around delivering what your customers want’ by John Gattorna is a revolutionary book. Gattorna succeeds at finally laying down a ground-breaking theory about...
Account management in the Supply Chain
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A book about customer-oriented collaboration in the Supply Chain sounds very promising, like an inspiring subject. For a long time, major multinationals in particular focused on chain control of internal collaborations with sister and parent...
Standard work for logistics managers
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It is not completely new, this ‘Logistics and Supply Chain Management, Creating Value-Adding Networks’: the first edition appeared as early as 1992. But the author, Martin Christopher, marketing and logistics professor at Cranfield School of...
