When companies engage with a shipper, regardless of the industry or the complexity of the supply chain, the first area to focus on is where supply chain stands in the organization. Although supply chain management is now a generally understood function in most companies, organizations often struggle to get supply chain management on the key initiatives list for their CEO’s. There could be a number of reasons for that omission. We often hear that supply chain management is just too complicated or broad to take a focused approach. Either way, before an organization can begin strategizing to manage change in planning, optimization, or service improvement, it needs to determine the appropriate controls and how to employ them. Simply put, organizations must first determine whether it considers supply chain to be a strategic function or just a cost center, and then figure out the best way to execute based on that determination.
December 17, 2013
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