One of the biggest challenges for companies in today's competitive environment is to get products to customers when and where they need it, exactly the way they want it, with a competitive price and in a cost effective manner. Managing the value chain is becoming more complicated because of globalization, outsourcing, the need for shorter time to market, and the requirements for greater responsiveness and flexibility due to customer changes. Although the benefits of applying lean concepts or improving the flexibility of a value chain are clear and desperately needed in today's competitive environment, none of the current literature provides guidance on how to do this. Lean & Agile Value Chain Management fills that gap by providing a breakthrough start-to-finish roadmap for organizations to implement a lean and agile value chain transformation program successfully. It brings together the field's latest advances and offers practical, proven tactics and detailed guidance into every aspect of value chain process redesign, including mapping the existing process, intelligently leveraging new technologies, building a strategy for strengthening the relationship with suppliers and customers, identifying comprehensive related metrics, and much more.

With the world having been plunged into uncertainty during the COVID-19 pandemic, a critical issue for senior management is stabilizing their supply chain to a consistent flow of components and materials. Even before the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chain complexity had been an increasingly "hot" topic. Add to that the complexity of new tariff restrictions, port congestion, regional conflicts, and geopolitical events and disruptions due to international conflict, and it is apparent that securing access to materials and critical resources is not without difficulty, and forecasting demand is even harder. Digital Supply Chain, Disruptive Environments, and the Impact on Retailers brings together the field's latest best practices on digital supply chain enablement, giving business professionals a comprehensive framework to ensure successful supply chain business transformation programs. Covering topics such as business planning, digital transformation, and volatile demand, this premier reference source is an excellent resource for managers, directors, vice presidents, supply chain executives, IT directors, consultants, students and educators of higher education, librarians, researchers, and academicians.

In today's competitive business climate, companies with effective procurement strategies are beginning to separate themselves from the competition. Successful purchase order management (POM) is now a critical core competency and organizations in all industries have started investigating tools and techniques to help them succeed. Purchase Order Management Best Practices brings together the field's latest advances and gives business professionals a comprehensive framework for lowering costs, improving efficiency, eliminating non-value added activities, and optimizing the transformation program for the POM process. It offers practical, proven tactics and detailed guidance into every aspect of POM process redesign: mapping the existing process, intelligently leveraging new technologies, building a strategy for strengthening the relationship with suppliers, identifying comprehensive related metrics, and much more, including industry success stories and lessons learned. Although POM process transformation is a hot topic, there is not a single book that focuses on the recipe of success for a POM transformation program. This text fills the gap by providing a breakthrough start-to-finish roadmap for organizations to implement the POM transformation program successfully.

With the world having been plunged into uncertainty during the COVID-19 pandemic, a critical issue for senior management is stabilizing their supply chain to a consistent flow of components and materials. Even before the advent of the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chain complexity had been an increasingly "hot" topic. Add to that the complexity of new tariff restrictions, port congestion, regional conflicts, and geopolitical events and disruptions due to international conflict, and it is apparent that securing access to materials and critical resources is not without difficulty, and forecasting demand is even harder. Digital Supply Chain, Disruptive Environments, and the Impact on Retailers brings together the field's latest best practices on digital supply chain enablement, giving business professionals a comprehensive framework to ensure successful supply chain business transformation programs. Covering topics such as business planning, digital transformation, and volatile demand, this premier reference source is an excellent resource for managers, directors, vice presidents, supply chain executives, IT directors, consultants, students and educators of higher education, librarians, researchers, and academicians.

Companies across different industries are launching technology-enabled (digital) business transformation programs to improve their strategic, tactical, and operational supply chain processes. The greatest challenges that they are facing include the lack of preparation and knowledge of the digital transformation life cycle and poorly addressing or neglecting the "people-related" aspects of them. Therefore, improvement initiatives have been short-lived or incomplete, and expected business benefits have not been achieved or materialized. Technology Optimization and Change Management for Successful Digital Supply Chains is a pivotal reference source that provides vital research on the application of digital business transformation programs to improve strategic, tactical, and operational supply chain processes. While highlighting topics such as maturity models, predictive analysis, and communication planning, this publication explores the limited literature in the field of digital supply chain optimization and business transformation, and complements it with practical and proven tactics from the industry. This book is ideally designed for program managers, engineers, students, and practitioners seeking current research on the field's latest best practices on digital supply chain enablement.

Companies across different industries are launching technology-enabled (digital) business transformation programs to improve their strategic, tactical, and operational supply chain processes. The greatest challenges that they are facing include the lack of preparation and knowledge of the digital transformation life cycle and poorly addressing or neglecting the ""people-related"" aspects of them. Therefore, improvement initiatives have been short-lived or incomplete, and expected business benefits have not been achieved or materialized. Technology Optimization and Change Management for Successful Digital Supply Chains is a pivotal reference source that provides vital research on the application of digital business transformation programs to improve strategic, tactical, and operational supply chain processes. While highlighting topics such as maturity models, predictive analysis, and communication planning, this publication explores the limited literature in the field of digital supply chain optimization and business transformation, and complements it with practical and proven tactics from the industry. This book is ideally designed for program managers, engineers, students, and practitioners seeking current research on the field's latest best practices on digital supply chain enablement.

In order to experience significant improvement in business processes, successful organizations must launch, implement, and maintain effective transformation programs. Such programs enable companies to fully maximize benefits and avoid potential failures. Optimization of Supply Chain Management in Contemporary Organizations discusses best practices and methods in transformation initiatives that improve the overall functionality and success of supply chain processes. Focusing on performance measurement, change management, and strategy development, this book is an essential reference source for executives, managers, advanced-level students, and professionals working in the field of business transformations and supply chain development.