对于小型企业的CEO来说，供应链的5个关键问题

5 Critical Supply Chain Questions for a Small Business CEO

Peter A. Bolstorff

APICS执行副总裁

2015年3月12日(星期四)

Peter A. Bolstorff

Executive Vice President, APICS

Thursday March 12, 2015

最近，Gartner Group公布了其供应链排名前25位。近年来，他们还引进了供应链新星，以表彰中型企业的供应链优势(1- 100亿美元)。供应链洞察(SCI)与Gartner在自己的供应链指数上展开竞争，甚至将Gartner的榜单称为“高中人气竞赛”。在最近的一份声明中，SCI进一步支持他们的指数将供应链卓越度定义为一个“可以应用于所有上市公司来判断改善程度”的指标。

Recently, Gartner Group announced its Supply Chain Top 25. In recent years, they also introduced Supply Chainnovators to recognize supply chain excellence in mid-sized companies (US$1-10B).  Supply Chain Insights (SCI), competing with Gartner on a Supply Chain Index of their own, went as far as calling the Gartner list “a high school popularity contest.”  In a recent announcement, SCI further espoused that their index defines supply chain excellence as a marker “that can be applied to all publicly-held companies to judge improvement.”

在这两种情况下，供应链卓越都被用来描述基准——一个名词。作为超过150个中小企业项目的教练，我观察到成功的企业把供应链卓越作为一个动词。行程至少和目的地一样重要。小企业成功的主要预测因素是组织支持，这一切都始于CEO。

In both cases, supply chain excellence is used to describe a benchmark–a noun.  As a coach in over 150 projects with medium and small businesses, I have observed successful businesses to treat Supply Chain Excellence as a verb.  The journey is at least as important as the destination.  The main predictor of success in small business is organizational support; and that begins and ends with the CEO.

对于一个小型企业的CEO来说，供应链的5个关键问题

5 critical supply chain questions for a small business CEO

01

我的供应链组织是战略决策的结果还是便利性的结果?

Is my supply chain organization a result of strategic decisions or convenience?

02

我的供应链流程(计划、资源、制作、交付和回报)横向和纵向上是否能够很好地协同工作?

Do my supply chain processes (plan, source, make, deliver and return) work well together laterally and vertically?

03

我的供应链记分系统是否提供了如何优先考虑和适应竞争压力的洞察力?

Does my supply chain scorecard provide insight as to how to prioritize and adapt to competitive pressure?

04

我是否投资在合适的供应链技术?

Am I investing in the appropriate supply chain technology?

05

我是否有一份为期三年的供应链改进战略清单，以资源为优先级，并已计算出效益?

Do I have a 3-year strategic list of supply chain improvements that prioritizes resources and has calculated benefits?

希望通过对以上5个供应链关键性问题的思考，能够给中小型企业的CEO带来帮助与启发，推动中小型企业的持续发展！