Product Description

To outpace the competition, today's firms must be able to understand and implement the latest technology and processes for supply management.

On-Demand Supply Management provides expert advice for procurement, IT, finance, and manufacturing executives to enable faster adoption of the right strategies, processes and tools to achieve sustainable competitive advantage, and includes best practices for their management teams to use.

Supported by real case studies, this book explores both new and existing strategies and technology across the entire supplier interface in spend analysis, market-making, supplier relationship management, sourcing, product life cycle management, should-cost, services procurement, risk management/governance, req-to-check, and on-demand technology and processes. It addresses the cost, effort, and benefits of using IT tools to drive improved supply management results and illustrates how to prioritize, sequence and match tools to strategic needs and budget realities.

The authors also cover the practical issues of effective process and technology implementation such as business case development, master planning, training, and results tracking, and delineate which metrics must be in place to achieve success.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #897664 in Books
• Published on: 2007-02
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 309 pages

--Leah Kalin, C.P.M, CPIM, Director, Supply Chain Operations, BREG, Inc.
"The `go to' book for the best approach, solutions and measurement ideas in strategic supply chain management."

From the Back Cover
"Finally... a great book on how to successfully implement today's leading-edge procurement technology. On-Demand Supply Management is full of rich information and fresh new industry examples. It's a powerful guide that all procurement, IT and finance professionals will want to read."

--R. Gregg Brandyberry, VP Procurement, Global Systems and Operations, GlaxoSmithKline

"If you are a CPO, CFO or CIO, On-Demand Supply Management is a must read. It presents technology... that will separate the best from everyone else."

--Brad Holcomb, SVP and Chief Procurement Officer, Dairy Group, Dean Foods Company

"On-Demand Supply Management nicely combines purchasing best practices with new technology solutions... a great resource for purchasing professionals."

--Roberto Magana, Manager, Global Business Services Purchases, Procter and Gamble

About the Author
Douglas A. Smock is Editorial Director of GlobalCPO.com, an online source of procurement analysis and best-in-class practices. Previously, Doug was Editor-in-Chief of Purchasing Magazine. During his tenure, the magazine received five national awards for editorial excellence from the American Society of Business Press Editors. No other publication in this field had ever won even one of these awards. He also earned three Jesse Neal awards recognizing the editorial excellence of the newsletters he developed earlier in his career. His long and illustrious career as an award-winning journalist has enable Doug to become a knowledge expert in his fields of interest with unique access to the latest trends and best-practices within industry. Doug Smock delivers a journalist level of objectivity not found in many business books that his readers will find refreshing. He is a frequent speaker at conferences and management meetings, and is the co-author of the supply management best-seller Straight to the Bottom Line.

Robert A. Rudzki is a former corporate senior executive, who is now President of Greybeard Advisors LLC, a firm that assists enterprises to improve their near-term financial performance and enhance their long-term viability. He is also an Advisory Board member of several companies. Previously, Bob was Senior Vice President and Chief Procurement Officer at Bayer Corp., where he led a nationally recognized transformation effort, and prior to that was an executive at Bethlehem Steel. In the course of his career, he has held various executive management positions, which included finance, accounting, procurement and logistics, business development, and P&L responsibility. As a result of his career assignments, he has interacted with numerous executives at hundreds of companies, and has studied first-hand their efforts at achieving success or triggering failure. He is a frequent speaker at conferences and management meetings, and is the co-author of the supply management best-seller Straight to the Bottom Line, and the new business book Beat the Odds: Avoid Corporate Death & Build a Resilient Enterprise.

Stephen C. Rogers is currently a Senior Consultant with The Cincinnati Consulting Consortium where he specializes in purchasing and supplier management. He is also the Program Director of The Conference Board's annual SRM Conference and an adjunct professor at Xavier University. During his 30 years at Procter & Gamble, Steve had functional roles in Purchasing, Manufacturing, and Marketing with both domestic and global responsibilities, including development and expansion of global sourcing efforts, redesign of the Folgers Coffee supply chain and leadership of P&G's worldwide purchasing training system. He was awarded a career Sourcing Award, recognizing his role as P&G's "father" of strategic sourcing and in delivering in excess of $1 billion of hard savings during his time there. He has written several articles and spoken at a number of forums on supply related topics and is on the advisory board of a software company.

Customer Reviews

Plain-spoken and valuable insights into how today's world-class supply chains actually work!
No one doubts that the supply chain world is in the midst of its largest transformation ever. Around the globe, companies' leadership are realizing that their approach to the "buy-side" of their businesses is a critical element of their competitiveness. This relevant dialogue helps sourcing professionals not only participate in this change, but to lead their company's efforts toward lower costs and higher profits. From how engineering and suppliers collaborate on new product ideas and designs, to how IT systems work to support spend management analysis, to how product management, finance, manufacturing, and sales all collaborate to coordinate demand and supply plans, this plain-spoken, fact-laden narrative illustrates to company leaders the power and value that others are enjoying from a keen focus on supply management. I found this to be a book for "now", with ideas, strategies and techniques assembled in a clear way and in touch with how world-class sourcing efforts take place. This is a definite read for any business leader who wants to make an impact in their supply chain and wants to know how others in the real world are getting the job done!

Perfect Merger of Technology Tools with Supply Management
This book is a very practical set of guideposts for meshing technology with Supply Management. If only we had this book when implementing our complex supply management processes we could have gone much faster with far fewer serious missteps. Not only does it hit the strategic choices that must be made ahead of time, but it also deals with implementation and provides alerts for common mistakes. The verbal examples are excellent and underscore the groundings in real life experiences of companies struggling with key issues.

A Bookshelf Requirement
On-demand Supply Management is a well conceived and written book that details the software technology necessary for todays procurement demands and illustrates them with interesting case studies.

The book also makes an extremely strong case for Procurement profesionals be slotted at a high level in the corporate structure.

Make space in your credenza for this important book.