5th Annual Global Survey of Supply Chain Progress.(MATURITY)(Company overview)

From: Supply Chain Management Review | Date: October 1, 2007| Author: Poirier, Charles C.; Swink, Morgan L.; Quinn, Francis J. | Copyright information

This year's Global Survey of Supply Chain Progress probed more deeply than in the past into what constitutes true supply chain value. Our earlier surveys tracked supply chain progress against a well-established five-level framework that advanced from Inter-enterprise integration (Level 1) to full network connectivity (Level 5). This year we sought to get a clearer idea of why some firms seemed to make steady supply chain advancement while others appeared to lag chronically behind. ...

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