Driving Shareholder Value with Your Supply Chain Strategy
Insights to Achieve Supply Chain Excellence and a Competitive Advantage
“Driving Shareholder Value with Your Supply Chain”
A White Paper by the University of Tennessee Global Supply Chain Institute
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What's Inside
“Outstanding supply chain performance drives shareholder value because it controls the heartbeat of the firm—the fundamental flow of materials and information from suppliers to customers.”
Any supply chain leader or senior executive will understand the importance of a sophisticated supply chain strategy in driving ROI for their business. However, they may not realize the direct and extensive link between supply chain excellence and shareholder value.
Even today, many companies maintain a traditional view of the supply chain. In fact, some senior leaders we spoke to for this research were skeptical about whether committing to a new, more expansive vision of the supply chain would be worthwhile.
This white paper illustrates the link between supply chain excellence and shareholder value. We also demonstrate how improved company performance can translate into economic wins that result in greater shareholder value. Do you want to learn how companies like Apple and Amazon have made this happen? Keep reading.
Included in this paper:
- Advanced supply chain strategy context and information
- Why shareholder value is important and how it’s linked to supply chain excellence
- Managing supply chain risk
- Case study findings
- Definitions of supply chain excellence
- Multi-point supply chain best practices for driving shareholder value
- A supply chain best practices self-assessment
- Additional charts, visualizations, and insights
For more in-depth, industry-focused white papers from the Global Supply Chain Institute (GSCI) at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, visit this web page. Recent papers produced by the Advanced Supply Chain Collaborative, an initiative of GSCI, engage industry experts and UT faculty to explore and report on advanced concepts in supply chain management and innovation, including supply chain agility, last-mile and reverse logistics, and more.
Who This White Paper is Primarily For: Supply Chain Managers, Supply Chain Planners, Corporate CEOs, Supply Chain Professionals, Chief Supply Chain Officers, Chief Procurement Officers, Supply Chain Leaders, and Supply Chain Students.
