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Article: Building a corporate supply function.(Report)
- Article from:
- Journal of Supply Chain Management
- Article date:
- June 22, 2008
- Author:
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INTRODUCTION
Opportunities for organizations to leverage their supply function to create competitive advantage are well documented in the literature (e.g., Nelson 2004). However, before CEOs can develop and implement strategies aimed at exploiting opportunities in their supply chains, they must first establish appropriate capabilities including functional talent and leadership. Once regarded as a corporate backwater, the supply function in today's organizations are undergoing major changes and revitalization (Johnson and Leenders 2001).
Two key decisions determine the place and role of supply leadership within the organization. The first is, who will be ...