White Paper: Supply Chains Reinvented, Successes And Failures

By Dylan Persaud

Some of the most spectacular results in business realignment come from altering your supply chain chemistry to best deliver products to the consumer. If your company touches a physical product, it is part of a supply chain. The key to victory in supply chain reengineering is to have a definitive strategy, and to be able to implement and execute the plan.

There have been several instances where, without careful planning of systems, strategies, and change processes, a supply chain has crippled an organization, and in some cases even bankrupted the company. In cases where there were heavy losses due to supply chain inefficiencies, stock prices were affected, and the value of the company itself changed. We'll look at several companies which reengineered their supply chains. Some had major successes and some had major failures, and the reasons for this were varied. We'll examine the motivations, changes, and results from both ends of the spectrum, and provide insight and lessons learned.