This definitive compass and roadmap to world-class supply management will enable senior corporate executives to turn the enormous top-line and bottom-line potential of supply chain and procurement into reality. By following its straightforward principles, senior corporate executives and procurement/supply management professionals can improve performance.

This book provides a clear understanding of performance improvement opportunities and what is at stake if these opportunities are overlooked. It outlines a powerful and logical approach for assessing the state-of-play in any organization, and offers ways to estimate the specific opportunities related to implementing a change in strategy and practices. It also details a comprehensive framework for organizing the transformation plan across multiple dimensions, and gives advice on which areas to focus on first in order to build and ensure success.