Flow: How the Best Supply Chains Thrive

This book describes the concept of flow, which evokes physical properties that exist in nature, such as...
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Author: Rob Handfield
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Flow: How the Best Supply Chains Thrive by Handfield, Rob

Flow: How the Best Supply Chains Thrive

CHF 48.08

Flow: How the Best Supply Chains Thrive

CHF 48.08
Author: Rob Handfield
Format: Hardcover
Language: English

This book describes the concept of flow, which evokes physical properties that exist in nature, such as the flow of electricity, the flow of time, and the flow of materials. In terms of process optimization, flow encompasses the integration of end-to-end supply chains and the movement towards relocation of the global supply base to near-shore and on-shore geographies. Achieving flow is essential for organizations seeking to improve their supply chain performance in a time of increasing disruption that is likely to continue for some time.

This book highlights the high-level effectiveness of business strategies that use predictions based on the sequence of world events, global supply chains, and data gathered by smart technologies. By broadly applying physical laws to the global supply chain, Rob Handfield and Tom Linton explore the impact of supply chain physics on global market policies, such as tariffs, factory location, pandemic response, supply-based geographies, and outsourcing.

The authors provide specific recommendations on what to do to improve supply chain flows, and include important insights for managers with examples from companies such as Biogen, General Motors, Siemens, and Flex on their response to COVID-19. Flow is an important resource not only for procurement and supply chain management professionals, but for any manager concerned with enterprise-level success.



Author: Rob Handfield, Tom Linton
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Published: 07/01/2022
Pages: 280
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.10lbs
Size: 9.24h x 6.31w x 0.86d
ISBN: 9781487508326

About the Author
Handfield, Rob: - Rob Handfield is the Bank of America University Distinguished Professor of Supply Chain Management at North Carolina State University, and Executive Director of the Supply Chain Resource Cooperative.Linton, Tom: - Tom Linton serves as a Member of the Board at Sierra Wireless and is Executive Director of Resilinc Inc.

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