About the Book
A timely guide to rethinking and reinventing supply chains with breakthrough thinking to benefits your organization, the economy, and the world As global business and geopolitical conditions have changed radically, it is imperative that supply chain strategies and operations transform to thrive in a volatile environment. Leaders at corporations, public agencies, national security, and public health recognize the importance of resilience, agility and flexibility. Breakthrough Supply Chains provides a comprehensive view of end-to-end supply chains and dispels the common myths about them. It provides "breakthrough thinking" principles that address critical topics for enterprise and public policy: how supply chains have enabled profitable and beneficial growth in the evolving world; the evolution of "the new customers" and what they demand; the critical success factors for managing demand and supply in a complex and risky world; information, data, governance, analytics and measurements that guide strategic choices; resilience, risk, and supply assurance; and sustainability and the environment. Whether you are an organizational manager, government agency leader, or member of the interested public, Breakthrough Supply Chains reinvents the supply chain with far-reaching effects. This is your go-to guide.
About the Author :
Dr. Christopher Gopal has over thirty-five years of experience in global supply chain management in a career that has encompassed industry executive management and management consulting. He has held senior executive positions at several leading companies, including Ernst & Young Consulting, Dell Computer, Unisys, and SAIC. Dr. Gopal serves as a member of the Defense Business Board (DBB), which provides the Secretary of Defense trusted independent and objective advice from the outside private sector perspective, as well as the Supply Chain Advisory Board of the Global Fund in Geneva. His PhD is from the University of Southern California and his MBA from the Cranfield School of Management in England. Gene Tyndall is an internationally known thought leader and executive in supply chain management. Formerly president of global supply chain solutions with a Fortune 500 corporation, he has served over 100 companies across all industries as a consultant, both as a partner of Ernst & Young, and later as an executive advisor. He has been awarded Global Logistics Person of the Year, and as an Innovator in Information Management. Mr. Tyndall has been a board director of a publicly held manufacturing corporation and serves on two private company boards. Formerly, he was a US Navy Officer. He holds DBA, MBA, and BS degrees. Dr. Wolfgang Partsch is a pioneer of supply chain management and an internationally recognized thought leader. He has developed innovations for managing supply chains. He has substantial experience in integrating the international end-to-end supply chain. He served as chairman, Global Supply Chain Network of Ernst & Young, and has advised many presidents and CEOs on complex operational issues within the supply chain. He holds a PhD in physics from the University of Vienna, Austria. Dr. Eleftherios ("Lefteris") Iakovou is the Harvey Hubbell Professor of Industrial Distribution at Texas A&M and the director of Manufacturing and Logistics Innovation Initiatives at Texas A&M, Engineering Experiment Station. He is also the associate director of Resilient and Sustainable Supply Chains at the Texas A&M Institute. He leads the supply chain management thrusts for the Secure America and the Global Value Chains Institutes at Texas A&M. He has published over 250 articles and is a well-known global thought leader in supply chain management. Shawn K. Jain is a Harvard University/Moscow Art Theater School/A.R.T. Institute graduate. Shawn has TV credits for shows on Apple TV+, CBS, HBO Max, Amazon Prime, Showtime, and Peacock, and he has narrated audiobooks for Penguin Random House, Hachette, Bloomsbury, HarperCollins, Epic!, Blackstone, GraphicAudio, and HQN. Shawn can be heard on many episodes of the romcom podcast Meet Cute and on Atypical Artists' audio dramas Life with LEO(h) and Maxine Miles. He also voiced a migrant worker for UCLA Labor Center's Re: Work Radio podcast. Sean Daniels, artistic director of Arizona Theatre Company, said he finds "few actors funnier in the world than Shawn." Prior to saying yes to his calling to be an actor, Shawn was a communications and marketing professional who did important work with organizations like the ACLU and the International AIDS Society. Born and raised in Northern California, Shawn received his BA from UC Berkeley. In addition to acting, Shawn has several pilots in development. Shawn writes stories that deal with the brokenness of people and society (even when things seem glittering and beautiful on the outside). Shawn is queer and of South Asian descent. A native English speaker who is fluent in Spanish and conversant in Hindi, Shawn can do British, Farsi, Hindi, Indian, Urdu, and Arabic accents. Shawn K. Jain is a Harvard University/Moscow Art Theater School/A.R.T. Institute graduate. Shawn has TV credits for shows on Apple TV+, CBS, HBO Max, Amazon Prime, Showtime, and Peacock, and he has narrated audiobooks for Penguin Random House, Hachette, Bloomsbury, HarperCollins, Epic!, Blackstone, GraphicAudio, and HQN. Shawn can be heard on many episodes of the romcom podcast Meet Cute and on Atypical Artists' audio dramas Life with LEO(h) and Maxine Miles. He also voiced a migrant worker for UCLA Labor Center's Re: Work Radio podcast. Sean Daniels, artistic director of Arizona Theatre Company, said he finds "few actors funnier in the world than Shawn." Prior to saying yes to his calling to be an actor, Shawn was a communications and marketing professional who did important work with organizations like the ACLU and the International AIDS Society. Born and raised in Northern California, Shawn received his BA from UC Berkeley. In addition to acting, Shawn has several pilots in development. Shawn writes stories that deal with the brokenness of people and society (even when things seem glittering and beautiful on the outside). Shawn is queer and of South Asian descent. A native English speaker who is fluent in Spanish and conversant in Hindi, Shawn can do British, Farsi, Hindi, Indian, Urdu, and Arabic accents.
Review :
"Breakthrough Supply Chains is the Mount Olympus of supply chain insight. For CEOs seeking to thrive in a world of chaos, it is required reading."
-- " Sean Ashcroft, editor-in-chief, Supply Chain Magazine"
"I highly endorse this book for all those interested in supply chains...Their 'breakthrough thinking' provides helpful guidance in several critical areas."
-- "Prof. Jossi Sheffi, professor at MIT, director of the Center for Transportation and Logistics, MIT, and author of The Resilient Enterprise "
