Supply Management: Six Elements of Superior Design

While management theorists and business executives focus on marketing, finance, product design, and even manufacturing, the supply organization is often forgotten.
A wrong decision in supply organization design can result in a rapid loss of expertise and competitive stature by reducing a company's leverage and splitting supplier relationships across multiple sites, businesses, and geographies.
A Holistic Design Theory
As Shown in Exhibit 1, the model is used both for organizational assessment (is the organization "up to" the needs of the business?) and for organiz…