Does your company deliver the products your customers want, when they want them, and where? If not, rival firms with more nimble supply chains may soon leave you scrambling. Trounce your competitors with the tactics described in this volume - by building deeper supplier relationships, aligning incentives so all players in your supply chain pull in the same direction, and stripping waste from each step in your value-delivery process.



Contents:

* We're in this together by Douglas M. Lambert and Michael Knemeyer

* Building deep supplier relationships by Jeffrey K. Liker and Thomas Y. Choi

Rapid-fire fulfillment by Kasra Ferdows, Michael A. Lewis and Jose A.D. Machuca

* Supply chain challenges : Building relationships

* The triple-A supply chain by Hau L. Lee

* Decoding the DNA of the Toyota Production System by Steven J. Spear and H. Kent Bowen

* Learning to lead at Toyota by Steven J. Spear

* Aligning incentives in supply chains by V.G. Narayanan and Anath Raman