Speed Kills

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“The importance of the Supply Chain is often underestimated by management. Yet, it is a big source of competitive advantage.”

-from the Foreword by Mr. Johnip Cua

No better words summarize the theme of Speed Kills than those above written by former P&G Philippines General Manager Mr. Johnip Cua in this book’s Foreword.
Today’s executives need all the help they can get. Rising costs and ever more demanding customers have put the supply chain in the forefront of many firms’ strategic plans. Yet, many of these same firms’ have not really come to terms on how to effectively manage their supply chains for the benefit of their businesses.
Speed Kills presents sixty (60) unabridged Supply Chain Management articles previously published in BusinessWorld from April 2007 to May 2012. The articles present ideas and insights very much applicable to firms in Asia/Pacific who buy, make, sell, and distribute products.
Topics range from Demand Management, Inventory Control & Planning, Customer Service, Cost Improvement, Supply Chain Risk, The Lean Process, and Speed as a Competitive Advantage. While the book showcases ideas for systems improvement, the articles connect the need to reduce cost to increasing profitability, to managing inventories to enhancing working capital, and to improving delivery performance to sustain revenue growth.
Speed Kills is a book that sheds light to the great potential of the supply chain and to the challenges faced by those who have invested their careers in it. No business bookshelf should be without it.

“In the fast-paced world of business, speed does kill: you or your competitors.”
(Speed Kills: Speed as a Competitive Advantage, page 18)

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