5. Bending the Chain: Deriving Value from Purchasing-Logistics Integration
Over the past several decades, supply chain (SC) professionals have focused on performance issues that have emerged from a lack of commercial/business alignment with supply chain operations. Significant improvements have been made, and systemic processes like integrated business planning (IBP) and sales and operations planning (S&OP) have been developed to drive a fully integrated business. As business integration has continued to improve, the biggest supply chain opportunities have shifted.
Every year, the Haslam College of Business’s Global Supply ...
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