Dynamic Supply Chains, 2nd Edition

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t is exactly four years since I wrote my ‘Acknowledgements’ in

Living Supply Chains, which was the earlier edition of this book.

Now, as then, I have a number of people to thank for their unstinting sup-

port as I endeavoured to develop and update the ideas originally

presented in Living Supply Chains.

My colleague Deborah Ellis has been a tower of strength during the

writing of the new book, always ready to discuss the difficult conceptual

issues encountered along the way, and to provide me with possible solu-

tions. She is undertaking doctoral studies at MGSM in how to design

and manage ‘extreme’ supply chains in life-critical situations, such as the

reliable supply of insulin to diabetes sufferers in Third World countries.

Maslada Nobhandhu, a former post-graduate student at MGSM has been

my primary researcher over the last two years, and I am greatly indebted

to her inspired work and dedicated support. I hope both of you get as

much pleasure out of this book as I did writing it.

The other person who has been invaluable to me is Carmel McCauley

at Future Perfect Communications. She has helped take a very complex

subject, remove the jargon, and present a storyline that can be digested

and understood by the C-suite, who after all are the real target of this

book. Many thanks Carmel, and well done once again.

Of course, during the past four years I have found myself in front of

many post-graduate and post-experience student groups at MGSM

(Australia, Singapore and Hong Kong), Cranfield (UK), and Normandy

Business School (France). These sessions have provided me with many

opportunities to field-test some of my ideas, and identify and close any

gaps left in the first edition.

I am also very fortunate to have Pearson Education as my publisher

because they have great people. Liz Gooster provided strong editorial

guidance in the early stages, before she decided to take a sabbatical to

travel around South America. Martina O’Sullivan took over and has been

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Author’s acknowledgements