Looking for some new supply chain heroes
October 16, 2006 by SwizStick
Filed under Supply Chain Management
Dan Gilmore over at Supply Chain Digest is looking for some new supply chain heroes:
Almost always, someone cites examples of great supply chains, and about 98% of the time the references are to Wal-Mart and Dell, and occasionally one or two others (e.g., Procter & Gamble). In April 2005, for example, I participated at a Supply Chain Management conference at Penn State, during which a panel of supply chain pundit types was asked specifically to name some great supply chains besides Dell and Wal-Mart. I recall the panel managed to cite P&G and not a whole lot more.
He points out some of the supply chain problems both Dell and Wal-Mart have had recently and suggests a list of some new supply chain icons we should take a look at:
IBM
Cisco
Zara
Tesco
The Limited Brands
Frito-Lay
Canadian Tire
Ashley Furniture
Wegmans
Head on over for the full details and his reasons for singling out these companies as examples of supply chain icons.
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