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Future-proof your firm’s supply chains with a renewed focus on resilience
In Strong Supply Chains Through Resilient Operations: Five Principles for Leaders to Win in a Volatile World, a team of dedicated, veteran operations strategists delivers a practical and hands-on discussion of how to future-proof your company’s supply chains through a relentless focus on resilience. In the book, you’ll discover how to shift your firm’s emphasis from “low-cost” to “low volatility” as you protect your company against the supply and demand shocks associated pandemics, wars, labor disputes, and trade conflicts.
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An effective and essential discussion of one of the most prominent challenges facing contemporary companies around the world, Strong Supply Chains Through Resilient Operations is a need-to-read book for managers, executives, business leaders, entrepreneurs, operations and supply chain professionals, and anyone else with a stake in the smooth operation of their firm.
Preface – Building strong supply chains to profit despite disruptions
Part I: Five principles to transform your operations strategy
Chapter 1. Strong operations drive growth and profits by adjusting to an ever-changing world
Chapter 2. Principle 1: Build resilience against supply shocks by empowering your supply base
Chapter 3. Principle 2: Build resilience against demand shocks by using your operations to create customer value
Chapter 4. Principle 3: Create resilient teams by leaning into new ways of working and the benefits of diversity
Chapter 5. Principle 4: Enable resilience through technology by combining human judgment with artificial intelligence
Chapter 6. Principle 5: Ensure long-term resilience by embracing sustainability
Chapter 7. Fit the principles to your situation and strategy
Part II: From strategy to action: implementing the five principles
Chapter 8. Build resilience against supply shocks by working with supplier ecosystems
Chapter 9. Build resilience against demand shocks by operating for the customer
Chapter 10. Create resilient teams by combining expertise into economies of skill
Chapter 11. Combine human and artificial intelligence to build resilience through constant learning
Chapter 12. Ensure long-term resilience by embracing sustainability
Part III: Outlook – Using resilience principles to adapt to future scenarios
Chapter 13. Potential scenarios of the future economy
Chapter 14. Industry case studies on how the principles can help in future scenarios
Chapter 15. Common themes in all of these transformations
Chapter 16. Some questions to ask yourself about the future of your operations
Acknowledgement
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