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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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For the collaboration chapter, we thank Steve Palagyi, Gordon
Stewart, and Tony Paolini.
For the chapter on performance measurement, we thank Gary
Galensky, Robert Chwalik, and Rick Hoole for research on
examples given in the chapter.
For the chapter on the roadmap to change, we are grateful to
Didier Givert, Craig Divino, Craig Kerr, Jakub Wawszczak,
Harald Geimer, and Brad Householder for their contributions
to our thinking.
One of PRTM’s great strengths is its benchmarking capability. We
have been benchmarking performance in the high-tech sector since the mid-
1980s and have expanded into other sectors—such as consumer products—
in the last few years. We couldn’t have fulfilled on our promise of “results
and fact-based consulting” without the ongoing support of our benchmarking
subsidiary, the Performance Measurement Group, LLC, led by Michelle
Roloff. She paid particular attention to the chapters on process and measurement,
contributing significantly to their content. We wouldn’t have all
the data and analysis in this book either without the expertise of Julie Cesati,
PMG’s senior analyst for supply chain studies, with early support from
PRTM business analyst Neil Kansari.
A book of this scope would not have been possible without the years
of cumulative experience available at PRTM. Our over 600 engagements in
supply chain work with clients have helped us understand what’s state of
the art, what’s emerging, and what the next generation of supply chain
practices is likely to promise in technology and process enablement. We
thank all the companies with whom it has been our privilege to work.