[...]... As supply chain a result, accurate forecasting and demand management are critical to Lilly’s supply management efforts chain operations The company conse- on never missing a quently takes a global approach to supply chain management especially given its sale—and only aggressive growth plans Explains Stephan secondarily on Bancel, executive director of global manufacturing strategy, global supply chain, ... product The team creA supply chain ates a global, integrated plan for the product steward acts as a over its entire life cycle, including new indications, line extensions, and marketing proliaison between the grams A supply chain steward, acting as a product team and liaison between the product team and the supply chain, interprets and translates that plan the supply chain into supply chain tactics and... introducing supply chain innovations such as direct-to-consumer 9 Copyright © 2005 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc Click here for terms of use 10 Strategic Supply Chain Management sales and build-to-order manufacturing to the computer industry In truth, Michael Dell is a visionary in supply chain management PCs simply were the medium he used to introduce his idea for a competitive supply chain: Sell... offer readers our understanding of the current state of supply chain management theory and practice based on our experience and observations from engagements on supply chain projects at over 600 organizations We also offer profiles of recent transformative supply chain initiatives at major companies and the U.S Department of Defense (the largest supply chain in the world) Finally, we offer our perspective... convergence, and adoption of supply chain best practices Now that many companies have addressed major supply chain challenges through selection and implementation of ERP and APS tools, they are finding that after implementation they are once again challenged with discovering and managing the core disciplines of supply chain management Unlike the situation in the early 1990s, today’s supply chain managers have... rollout is complete, however, pulling together the performance data needed for global supply chain management is a major undertaking If the past is any indication, Lilly will continue to improve its supply chain management organization and capabilities in response to changing market conditions The company’s supply chain management structure has gone through three different organizational forms in the last... today’s supply chain managers have many tools to support supply chain management in the form of integrated information systems, in-depth supply chain benchmarks, a mature SCOR process model, and an extensive community of practitioners The challenge of the next decade is to leverage the founding principles of supply chain management and move this management discipline forward This book is about the future,... the full contribution of supply chain management to business success As he describes it, this meant focusing on supply chain design first and operations second By designing the supply chain during development, and not afterward, the company could support regulatory requirements It could balance the risk of clinical failure with speed to market and enable a robust and responsive supply after launch Another... consideration, presentation, and application of supply chain metrics To promote sharing of supply chain best practices and implementation approaches PRTM’s leadership of this body resulted in creation of the metrics that would define the new Supply- Chain Operations Reference-model (SCOR) developed two years later and now adopted widely by industry through the Supply- Chain Council While most of this pioneering... manufacturing and supply chain management that makes for progress in the gross national product of every country worldwide We hope we’ve captured some of the esprit de corps of supply chain management in these pages, especially in the seven organizations that agreed to be profiled for this book: Eli Lilly, Autoliv, Avon, Owens Corning, the U.S Department of Defense (the largest supply chain in the world), . the “what” of supply chain management. This practical book assembles the components of an effective supply chain in a clear, well-supported way. Those who want to drive supply chain success would. transformational, and should help any supply chain professional achieve excellence. Dick Conrad Senior Vice President, Global Operations, Supply Chain, HP STRATEGIC SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT The Five Disciplines. Lifecycles with Supply Chain Management 1 Chapter 1 Core Discipline 1: View Your Supply Chain as a Strategic Asset 9 Five Key Configuration Components 10 Four Criteria of a Good Supply Chain Strategy