The Supply Chain Network @
Internet Speed
Preparing Your Company for
the E-Commerce Revolution
Are you prepared for the
seismic changes now underway in supply chain management? Are you ready to take your
company to new levels, incorporating rapid advances in Web-based technology and
applications to move your products effectively through the chain?
Get ready with The Supply
Chain Network Internet Speed. This practical, insightful book gives you a
sweeping picture of the advances in supply chain management, along with step-by-step
guidelines for putting e-based solutions to work throughout the supply chain to build
cost-effective, state-of-the-art fulfillment capabilities.
Chapter by chapter, you'll
look through the eyes of a CEO struggling to overcome a looming new challenge introduced
by e-commerce. It's a personal perspective that every manager and executive will relate to
especially in today's heady environment, where technology is driving companies to
become .companies at breathtaking speeds.
And you'll examine the
challenges across a wide range of industries retail, consumer products, high-tech
manufacturing, automotive, oil and gas, transportation, pharmaceuticals, and more learning
not only what is driving change in each industry, but how to put the power of new
electronic technologies to competitive advantage. Specifically, you'll learn:
• How interactive customer
Web sites like AutoLink-com are driving next-level innovations, such as customer lifecycle
databases, in the car industry
• How Web-based
technologies in the oil exploration business, such as spare parts exchanges, minimize
costs and maximize efficiency
How shippers, carriers, and
logistics providers all benefit when buying and selling transportation services through a
Transportation Exchange plus much more
For executives and managers
involved in manufacturing supply chains whether suppliers, assemblers,
wholesalers/distributors, retailers, or transportation providers The Supply Chain
Management @ Internet Speed-w\\\ demystify the new technologies being used in supply chain
management, and give you a game plan for incorporating new supply chain innovations in
your own company.
Fred A. Kuglin is Vice
President in the Supply Chain Operations practice with Cap Gemini Ernst & Young US
LLP. His industry and consulting experience extends over 20 years in the areas of
strategic planning, network optimization, process reengineering, and overall supply chain
management, and includes senior posts with Frito-Lay, Inc., and EDS/A.T. Kearney He lives
in Dallas.
Barbara A. Rosenbaum is a
Director with Cap Gemini Ernst & Young's Global Supply Chain service line. In addition
to more than 20 years of supply chain consulting and industry experience, she has served
on the faculties of Johns Hopkins University and Loyola College, published numerous
articles, and been a contributing author of two books. She lives in Baltimore.
242 pages