Creating advantage through research and understanding

From lean to agile to collaborative, supply chains are both central to a firms corporate strategy as well as being dynamic and a source of potential competitive advantage.

The importance of managing supply chains in a dynamic aligned manner is a major item on many management agendas.

Supply chain relationships and partnerships are at the heart of much of the research that Gibbs and Humphries have undertaken. 

In this white paper Dr Andrew Humphries builds on earlier research and describes how Enterprise Relationship Management should present the professional focus needed to optimise up stream and down stream supply chains.