Making Supply Chain Matter

From: Supply & Demand Chain Executive | Date: December 1, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

To gain a seat at the corporate table, Dow Chemical's 3im Varilek says that supply chain must "talk the talk" - and "walk the walk"

Supply chain is earning increasing recognition as a critical function that can drive competitive advantage. In fact, this magazine reported in early 2006 on a survey of nearly 500 CEOs at midsize and large enterprises that showed a whopping 93 percent of chief executives view supply chain management as critical or very critical to their companies' overall business strategies. Yet while 75 percent of the CEOs in the survey said that they are primarily focused on ...

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