Supply Chain Leadership

Supply Chain Leadership

by Peter W. Robertson
Released April 2022
Publisher(s): Routledge
ISBN: 9781000570038

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Book description

Supply chain leaders are key to achieving sustainable supply chain excellence and long-term competitive advantage. This book addresses ‘big-picture’ supply chain leadership and provides a roadmap and practical advice to help supply chain leaders to successfully navigate this challenging social and technical environment.

The book describes crucial leadership characteristics and explains the actions necessary to develop and appraise the skills in both new and existing leaders. It presents a socio-technical framework, which includes the key aspects of supply chain relationships, the supply chain business environment, overall supply chain competitiveness, supply chain sustainability, and supply chain risks. The book works through the recruitment, training, and development of leaders as well as obstacles and risks, to offer a fresh, people-centred approach. Pedagogy to aid learning is incorporated throughout, including an introduction to each chapter explaining the key learnings; tables, diagrams, and equations to help visualise the concepts and methods covered; real-life case studies and examples; and end of chapter review questions and assignment tasks.

This textbook should be essential reading for advanced undergraduate and postgraduate students of supply chain, logistics, and operations management. The practice-based and applied approach also makes it valuable for operating supply chain leaders and those studying for professional qualifications.

Online resources include chapter-by-chapter PowerPoint slides, a test bank of exam questions, and suggested tutorial topics.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. List of Acronyms
  8. Acknowledgements
  9. About the Author
  10. Foreword
  11. Preface
  12. Pedagogy
  13. 1 Introduction to Supply Chain Leadership
    1. 1.1 What You Will Learn in This Chapter
    2. 1.2 Overview of Supply Chain Leadership (SCL)
    3. 1.3 Multi-Dimensional Nature of Supply Chain Leadership
      1. 1.3.1 SCL Factors and Their Sub-Factors
      2. 1.3.2 Linkage Between SC Leadership, SC Process Excellence, SC Performance Excellence, and SC Competitive Advantage
    4. 1.4 Supply Chain Leadership – Overall Framework
    5. 1.5 Supply Chain Leaders’ Mastery Framework
    6. 1.6 Context of This Book
    7. 1.7 Objective and Value-Add of This Book
    8. 1.8 Case Study
    9. 1.9 Review Questions
    10. 1.10 Assignment Topics
    11. References
  14. 2 Supply Chain Leadership – Cast of Players
    1. 2.1 What You Will Learn in This Chapter
    2. 2.2 Supply Chain Leaders
    3. 2.3 Supply Chain Bosses
    4. 2.4 Supply Chain Leaders’ Peers
    5. 2.5 Supply Chain Leadership Teams
    6. 2.6 Supply Chain Followers
    7. 2.7 Supply Chain Customers
    8. 2.8 Supply Chain Suppliers and Service Providers
    9. 2.9 Case Study
    10. 2.10 Review Questions
    11. 2.11 Assignment Topics
    12. References
  15. 3 Supply Chain Excellence
    1. 3.1 What You Will Learn in This Chapter
    2. 3.2 Supply Chain Strategic Excellence
    3. 3.3 Supply Chain Strategy Excellence
    4. 3.4 Supply Chain Design Excellence
    5. 3.5 Supply Chain Execution Excellence
    6. 3.6 Supply Chain People Excellence
    7. 3.7 Theory of Supply Chain Management (Version 2)
    8. 3.8 Case Study
    9. 3.9 Review Questions
    10. 3.10 Assignment Topics
    11. References
  16. 4 Supply Chain Leaders’ Mastery
    1. 4.1 What You Will Learn in This Chapter
    2. 4.2 Supply Chain Leaders’ Mastery
    3. 4.3 Good Supply Chain Leaders Make a Difference
    4. 4.4 SC Leaders’ Personal Risks
    5. 4.5 Case Study
    6. 4.6 Review Questions
    7. 4.7 Assignment Topics
    8. References
  17. 5 Supply Chain Competitive Leadership
    1. 5.1 What You Will Learn in This Chapter
    2. 5.2 Introduction to Supply Chain Competitive Leadership
    3. 5.3 Identification of Top Ten Supply Chain Competitive Leaders
    4. 5.4 Common Features of Leading Supply Chain Organisations
    5. 5.5 How to Develop Supply Chain Competitive Leadership
    6. 5.6 Case Study
    7. 5.7 Review Questions
    8. 5.8 Assignment Topics
    9. References
  18. 6 Supply Chain Imperative Leadership
    1. 6.1 What You Learn in This Chapter
    2. 6.2 Modern-Day Supply Chains’ Business Environment
    3. 6.3 Identification of Supply Chain Imperatives
    4. 6.4 Supply Chain Business Environment
    5. 6.5 Supply Chain Customers
    6. 6.6 Supply Chain Suppliers
    7. 6.7 Supply Chain People
    8. 6.8 Supply Chain Culture
    9. 6.9 Supply Chain Processes
    10. 6.10 Supply Chain Sustainability
    11. 6.11 Supply Chain Risk Management
    12. 6.12 Supply Chain Technology
    13. 6.13 Case Study
    14. 6.14 Review Questions
    15. 6.15 Assignment Topics
    16. References
  19. 7 Supply Chain Leadership and Politics
    1. 7.1 What You Will Learn in This Chapter
    2. 7.2 Introduction to Supply Chain Politics
    3. 7.3 Negative Supply Chain Politics
    4. 7.4 Positive Supply Chain Politics
    5. 7.5 Political Behavioural Types
      1. 7.5.1 Bosses and Peers
      2. 7.5.2 Followers
    6. 7.6 Developing Supply Chain Political Competence
    7. 7.7 Case Study
    8. 7.8 Review Questions
    9. 7.9 Assignment Topics
    10. References
  20. 8 Envisioned Supply Chain Leadership Future
    1. 8.1 What You Will Learn in This Chapter
    2. 8.2 Risks Involved in Forecasting
    3. 8.3 Supply Chain Business Environment Future
    4. 8.4 Supply Chain Customers Future
    5. 8.5 Supply Chain Suppliers and Service Providers Future
    6. 8.6 Supply Chain People and Supply Chain Culture Future
    7. 8.7 Supply Chain Processes Future
    8. 8.8 Supply Chain Sustainability – Social Future
    9. 8.9 Supply Chain Sustainability – Environmental Future
    10. 8.10 Supply Chain Sustainability – Economic Future
    11. 8.11 Supply Chain Risk Management Future
    12. 8.12 Supply Chain Technological Future
    13. 8.13 Implications for Supply Chain Leaders and Followers
    14. 8.14 Case Study
    15. 8.15 Review Questions
    16. 8.16 Assignment Topics
    17. References
  21. Index

Product information

  • Title: Supply Chain Leadership
  • Author(s): Peter W. Robertson
  • Release date: April 2022
  • Publisher(s): Routledge
  • ISBN: 9781000570038