Global Supply Chain Management: Leveraging Processes, Measurements, and Tools for Strategic Corporate Advantage

CHAPTER 6Operations in Global Supply Chains

Operations integrates global supply chains.

GLOBAL OPERATIONS STRATEGY _____

The initial heading in this chapter, global operations strategy, is something of a conundrum in that operations is typically viewed as a group of activities, behaviors, or generally things that we do. Strategy, on the other hand, is a plan, a scheme, or even a policy-oriented undertaking. The former is normally focused on the short term, and the latter is characteristically long-term in orientation. So, what do we get when we combine “operations” and “strategy”? Then, of course, we add “global” to the phrase and do it in the context of supply chain management. Tracing “operations” may help you understand the logic that we are ...