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Critical Skills for Effective Supply Chain Leaders

Successful supply chain executives differentiate themselves - and their companies - from the competition

In my 2004 book of the same name, I defined Supply Chain Management as the "systemic, strategic coordination of the traditional business functions within a particular company and across businesses within the supply chain, for the purposes of improving the long-term performance of the individual companies and the supply chain as a whole." Obviously from that definition, someone has to lead the coordination in the supply chain. But what leadership skills are needed in supply chains to accomplish this?

Before we get to leadership skills, this definition implies a necessary understanding by ...

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