Supply Chain Management For Dummies (For Dummies (Business & Personal Finance))

Whether you're in sales, HR, or product development, the decisions you make every day can impact the supply chain. SCM means different things to different people, and many different models exist to meet the needs of different industries. This book shows you how to factor broader impact into your decision making process based on your place in the system. Supply Chain Management For Dummies shows you what you need to know to make sure your impact leads to positive outcomes.. This book focuses on the broadly-applicable Supply Chain Operations Reference (SCOR) Model: Plan, Source, Make, Deliver, Return, and Enable, to describe the basic techniques and key concepts that keep businesses running smoothly. Everyone can impact the supply chainSupply Chain Management For Dummies helps you connect the dots between things like purchasing, logistics, and operations to see how the big picture is affected by seemingly isolated inefficiencies. Improve processes by determining your metricsChoose the right software and implement appropriate automationEvaluate and mitigate risks at all steps in the supply chainHelp your