Fundamentals of Supply Chain Management
Twelve Drivers of Competitive Advantage
- John T. Mentzer - University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA, Tennessee Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation
Supply Chain Management
"This book is an insightful, well-balanced, stimulating SCM Strategy book that clearly tells managers, consultants, as well as educators that the SCM concept is not a fad but a must strategy to gain competitive advantage in today's dynamic global market place. There are three major strengths. First, it is an unprecedented interdisciplinary SCM strategy book that explains how companies obtain, maintain, and even enhance competitive advantages based upon a well-laid SCM strategy. Second, it provides readers a unique, well-balanced framework for SCM strategy formulation. Third, it is a valuable contribution in the area of SCM in that it does a good job in explaining such a complicated SCM strategy to readers in such a simple manner."
—Soonhong (Hong) Min, University of Oklahoma
Author of the bestselling text Supply Chain Management, John T. Mentzer's companion book Fundamentals of Supply Chain Management: Twelve Drivers of Competitive Advantage has been developed as a supplemental text for any course dealing with strategy and supply chains. Written in an entertaining, accessible style, Mentzer identifies twelve drivers of competitive advantage as clear strategic points managers can use in their companies. Research from more than 400 books, articles, and papers, as well as interviews with over fifty executives in major global companies, inform these twelve drivers. The roles of all of the traditional business functions—marketing, sales, logistics, information systems, finance, customer services, and management—in supply chain management are also addressed. Complete with cases and real-world examples from corporations around the world, the book's exemplars will help students and practicing managers to more effectively understand, implement, and manage supply chains successfully.
“This book is an insightful, well-balanced, stimulating
SCM Strategy book that clearly tells managers, consultants, as well as
educators that the SCM concept is not a fad but a must strategy to gain
competitive advantage in today’s dynamic global market place. There are three
major strengths. First, it is an unprecedented interdisciplinary SCM strategy
book that explains how companies obtain, maintain, and even enhance competitive
advantages based upon a well-laid SCM strategy. Second, it provides readers a
unique, well-balanced framework for SCM strategy formulation. Third, it is a
valuable contribution in the area of SCM in that it does a good job in
explaining such a complicated SCM strategy to readers in such a simple manner.”
"The book will be of use to practicing supply chain managers and academics alike. It is full of examples of companies, where certain supply chain practices work and other did not. It can serve as an excellent supplement to a standard text on supply chains, to introduce students to the problems and issued faced in managing supply chains."
Good book which provides the students with a sound understanding of the fundamentals of SCM and the importance of creating customer value.
I will be recommending this to my colleagues who teach the MSc in Logistics and Supply. Their students will find this a useful book. Its concept coverage is very good, and the book is slim enough not to be daunting. All the basics are covered, which makes it useful to academics and even practitioners.
Its good enough to introduce the supply chain management. It includes main subjects and its written in understandable language.
The Drives to CA are very solid argued and written. I like the book alot... It a recemmend reading for my course.
Qeis Kamran
I like the book a lot. The drives to CA are written very nice the book is full of insights.
Qeis Kamran
Course not developed.
A good supplement to enforce the importance of competitive advantage in purchasing
I feel this book is a good support book for my students to add another dimention to their understanding of the subject.
It will be interesting over time how essential the students find it.
Sage College Publishing
