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Guide to Strategy in Supply Chain Management

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This chapter guides you through the topic of strategy in Supply Chain Management (SCM) and is split into three main sections. First, it introduces corporate strategy in organisations and defines competitive strategy. Second, it considers how SCM can support a competitive strategy and how organisations can align their supply chain strategies. Third, it explains concepts that can support supply chain strategy development, in terms of the key drivers, ways they can decouple supply and demand, and what choices they have for lean and agile strategies. The chapter concludes with a case study of best practice for supply chain strategy in the company Wal-Mart.

Having read this chapter you will be able to clarify:

  • Corporate and competitive strategy in companies

  • Strategic alignment in supply chain companies

  • Concepts to support supply chain strategy development

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  1. Grange Partnership (UK) LLP, The Grange, Elmbridge, WR9 0DA, Droitwich, United Kingdom

    Colin Scott, Henriette Lundgren & Paul Thompson

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  1. Colin Scott
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Scott, C., Lundgren, H., Thompson, P. (2011). Guide to Strategy in Supply Chain Management. In: Guide to Supply Chain Management. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-17676-0_7

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