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The next stage of supply chain excellence.(Performance)(Industrial management, analyses and directions)
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Supply Chain Management Review
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March 1, 2005
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Today's supply chain leaders have opened up huge leads over their competitors. But despite their many current advantages, they cannot ease up. A new concept--the "dynamic on-demand supply chain"--promises to significantly augment their capabilities. Building on a foundation of current best practices, the concept weaves in process improvement frameworks and "on-demand" technology. Closely adhered to, it can move the leaders--and those that want to be leaders--to a higher plane of supply chain performance.
What's next for supply chain exemplars such as Dell, Johnson & Johnson, Wal-Mart, and IBM? It's an intriguing question. Although it's true that these companies have opened ...
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