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Supply Chain Cost Management: The AIM & DRIVE® Process for Achieving Extraordinary Results
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Supply Chain Cost Management: The AIM & DRIVE® Process for Achieving Extraordinary Results

by Jimmy Anklesaria
October 2007
Intermediate to advanced
256 pages
4h 41m
English
AMACOM
Content preview from Supply Chain Cost Management: The AIM & DRIVE® Process for Achieving Extraordinary Results

Ingredients for a Good Implementation Plan

An implementation plan does not have to be complex. All you are looking for is an agreement on the three Ws and it is not the World Wide Web I am talking about. It is what, who, and when. The strategy statements selected in the previous step represent how the team intends to reduce, eliminate, or change those activities that cause costs. For each such strategy statement it is essential to develop a clear action plan. That should be pretty straightforward, right? Wrong. Too often, teams try to rush through this part of the process. A good action plan has some basic ingredients or rules that the team is well advised to follow:

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The action plan should be as clear and detailed as possible.
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The risks ...
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ISBN: 9780814474754