What is Covered in This Book?
On Popular Demand by the Reviewers - here is the Executive Summary for the CEOs, and a link to a Quick Survey they can ask their Team to do.
Successful business transformations are difficult, yet rewarding
Four type of CHAINS hold back businesses from successful transformations - external, structural, procedural and executional. Most people can focus only on one or two of these, and as a result, miss out on big gains.
BEHIND EVERY THREAT IS AN OPPORTUNITY
Team building is not enough anymore
20 years ago teambuilding exercises would be enough to release positive emotional change. Today, information hoarding and corporate politics are rife.
Systems and process excellence are not enough
15 years ago ERP and other similar systems were quite the rage. These were enough to show the flaws in process and enable basic planning and control.
Agility is increasingly driven by information
Modern corporations collect pertinent information at each node along their vast network. This rich data can be used to optimise demand, supply, inventory, costs and service levels to create the best profit results.
Modern businesses are evolving into B2B Networks also known as Supply Chain Management 3.0
Top businesses now extend beyond the boundaries of a single company into suppliers’ and customers’ companies to achieve loose/tight integration.
REWARDS FOR SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION ARE VERY HIGH; PENALTIES FOR FAILU
In the modern globalised era, even very well established companies face sudden crisis and disruption. The hard reality is: Transformation winners take away the biggest prize,
TAKE THE WINNERS’ ROUTE TO BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION
MARGINS FOR THREE GENERATIONS OF SUPPLY CHAINS
