Dynamic Supply Chain Alignment: A New Business Model for Peak Performance in Enterprise Supply Chains Across All Geographies - Tapa dura

'There is something for everyone... This is one of the best books I have read on supply chain, challenging theories and encouraging the reader to consider a broader, more flexible model. I enjoyed it and will be reading it again!' - Jo Buchanan, Director of the Logistics Association of Australia, in MHD Supply Chain Solutions Magazine 'Dynamic Supply Chain Alignment. That is the magic formula that runs like a red thread through John Gattorna's latest book, where he demonstrates how there are four types of supply chains, based on four types of customer behavior... Eight of the chapters are written or co-written by John Gattorna himself. The others are written by individual authors, selected from both the industry and academia, which makes this book a perfect choice and valuable to both the professional, the practitioner and the researcher ...from an overall and holistic supply chain perspective it is one of the very best books I have read.' - Jan Husdal on husdal.com: a gateway to Supply Chain Risk Research 'I have the highest regard for John Gattorna and this title again compliments him as an acknowledged thought-leader in global supply chain management. The development of logistics from physical distribution to dynamic supply chain management is clearly visible in the many books he has authored and edited since the early 1980s and he fits well in the hall of fame of doyens in supply chain management. I strongly recommend that you add this book to your collection.' - Logistics and Supply Chain News, South Africa 'In summary, this book is a well-written collection of interesting and topical chapters...I would recommend that practitioners who have an interest in one or more of the topics buy and read this work as a sort of inspiration for their own practices... Overall, I enjoyed reading this book and especially the chapter on people powering supply chains...we should recognize Gattorna as one of the few early contributors adding to an emerging discussion on synergies and dynamics between HRM and SCM practices.' - Kim Sundtoft Hald, Human Resource Management

Just like the world financial system, but for different reasons, 21st-century corporations need a new business model for their enterprise supply chains. The old conventions no longer work in this new world of volatile and increasingly unpredictable demand and supply. The enterprise needs to become more 'connected' to its own parts, as well as its partners up and down the chains it participates in. So too, we need to embrace new ways of looking at customers to gain deeper, more insightful impressions of what they are telling us about the way they want to buy our products and services. Finally, these signals need converting into corresponding action, driven by the people in the business, leaders and staff alike, who are aligned to their customers' wishes. This is the world of dynamic supply chain alignment where, increasingly, supply chains are the business. In the follow-up to his hugely successful Strategic Supply Chain Alignment, John Gattorna's Dynamic Supply Chain Alignment, explores how to create and sustain multiple supply chains with a level of flexibility and responsiveness that allow you to respond to opportunities and threats; at the same time aligning with your suppliers, your partners and your customers. When more executives get to this stage of development the profits will flow more readily, and sustainability of performance will not be the same issue it is today. The way forward is right there in front of us; but, says John Gattorna, we must throw off old ways and embrace the new.