Beyond lean [supply chain management]

Ever increasing competition, progressive internationalisation, acquisition and mergers, and the dawn of supply chain management (SCM) into the mainstream of industrial thinking has broadened the mindset of management to appreciate that one has to think business-wide in order to really define a plan that will drive operations forward. SCM has emerged to demonstrate an answer to the need to bring demand- and supply-side management to fruition. The author investigates supply chain management resources and techniques.