How to persuade senior management about the value of SCM

Filed in archive Book Review on September 5, 2005

Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP) has published a book recently with this title: "COMMUNICATING THE VALUE OF SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT TO YOUR CEO".

Actually, this is a book that every supply chain manager or professional is looking for, because in spite of crucial importance of the issue, persuading senior management of that has sometimes proved difficult.

In this brief practical guideline(24 pages), three PhDs with deep experience in logistics at both the academic and the business level have assembled a monograph to help supply chain managers persuade those in the corner office of the value of what they do.

Communicating the Value of Supply Chain Management to Your CEO will help professionals educate C-level executives about the important role that logistics and SCM play in overall operations, and how their company's success largely depends on supply chain excellence.

It's an important issue to help senior management of the organization to better understand supply chain management and it's strategic role, as these are the individuals who map the strategic direction of your organization and determine how resources will be expended.

The book is published by CSCMP and can be bought from CSCMP Online Store.