Self-Assessment: A FOUNDATION for Supply Chain SUCCESS.

From: Supply Chain Management Review | Date: July 1, 2000| Author: | Copyright information

Assessing your current capabilities is the first step toward improved supply chain management. The Quaker Oats Company and other leading companies have demonstrated that convincingly. The guidelines presented here can help organizations in that critical self-assessment activity as they "zero in" on supply chain excellence.

No longer can companies compete effectively in isolation from their suppliers and other associates in the supply chain. To succeed today, they need to create strong linkages with these partners through the concept called supply chain management.

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