Organizing Supply Chains in a Time of Change

Conclusion: Embracing Change

After reading this report, managers would likely ask, “What is the best organizational design?” Unfortunately, there is no “best” design—no one-size-fits-all approach. Rather, supply chain organizational design is a complex and continuously evolving decision process that varies greatly by industry factors, company strategies and culture, and business environment. The challenge is to understand key internal and external drivers of change, to sense emerging capabilities required to respond to such change, and, then, to develop the most appropriate (and feasible) reporting structure and coordination structure which enables the desired capability to be developed and exploited. As such, the “right” organizational design ...