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Colin Leisk of IBM looks at collaboration strategy in the supply chain.
Supply chain’s win-win - Part 1 | Part 2
Supply chain management has come of age. SCM is now recognised as a core discipline by every world-class manufacturing and distribution company, critical to achieving service and cost objectives in today’s competitive global markets. Most industries can quote breakthroughs in managing the supply chain – including Wal-Mart in retail distribution, Dell in PC assembly, and GM Saturn and Volvo in build-to-order car assembly.
But this is not before time. Nearly half a century has passed since Jay Forrester first shaped our thinking on how supply chains behave in Industrial Dynamics. And it is almost 15 years since Wal-Mart revolutionised US retailing with its Every Day Low Price philosophy, engaging its suppliers in new collaborative relationships to create a cost-effective and highly responsive supply chain targeted on consumer value.
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