Strategic Supply Chain Management - Supply Chain Online

Cohen and Roussel provide a valuable overview for any CEO who intends to
make supply chain management a competitive advantage. Whether you’re the
CEO of an established global company or the founder of a start-up, Strategic
Supply Chain Management can provide you with the guiding principles and a
roadmap to get your company moving in the right direction.
Guerrino De Luca
President and CEO, Logitech International
The authors have captured the essential elements of how a company can drive
superior performance by positioning supply chain management as a core management
discipline. The book creates a template for how you can align an organization
to transfer a winning strategy into meaningful results.
Bill Cantwell
Vice President, Supply Chain, Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
Cohen and Roussel take a rich set of strategies and explain them in a way that a
relative newcomer could understand, yet retain the necessary depth to benefit seasoned
professionals. Throughout this book, the authors provide powerful methods
for organizing and implementing supply chain improvements. Their linkage of
these strategies back to elements of the Supply-Chain Council’s SCOR model
provides the practitioner with a thorough approach to drive tangible results. The
real-life examples are invaluable.
Steven G. Miller
Chairman, Supply-Chain Council
The supply chain presents a significant opportunity for cost reduction and customer
value creation. This is the underpinning theme of this easy-to-read and
practical book. Cohen and Roussel have skillfully drawn from their extensive
experience working with organizations in diverse industries to synthesize best
practices in supply chain management. Of the many books that discuss supply
chain management, this is one of the better ones.
Martin Christopher
Professor, Cranfield University, United Kingdom
Finally, a practical guide that links the latest in supply chain management thinking
with relevant examples of how successful practitioners apply these principles
in the real world. A must read for all supply chain professionals attempting to take
their supply chain performance to the next level.
David J. McGregor
Senior Vice President, NAFTA Logistics, BASF Corporation
Cohen and Roussel provide a disciplined, practical, and insightful approach to
achieving a world-class supply chain structure. Their book’s concepts are relevant
to the many challenges corporations face today, and consistent with our
experiences at HP. This book is transformational, and should help any supply
chain professional achieve excellence.
Dick Conrad
Senior Vice President, Global Operations, Supply Chain, HP