
Creating Value Through Project-Based Supply Chain Decisions
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Good project decisions result in successful careers and profitable companies. Bad decisions can be costly and cause operational downtime, may hurt employee morale, and impact customers and suppliers. Making a good decision has become very difficult because of increasing operating complexity and less marketplace predictability. Because of this: employers rate critical thinking and decision making as a top essential skill.
Business problems are complex - so why do we continue to use a standard one-dimensional approach to solve complex, risky, and unpredictable problems?
This book takes a novel but practical, multi-dimensional approach to making value-creating project decisions-decisions which use less resources to produce maximum value, including:
- Link company strategy and goals to project concepts,
- How to assess which projects produce value,
- Risk,
- Make or buy project criteria,
- Service based project decisions.
This book is intended for project managers, supply chain professionals, and operationally focused roles for individuals having responsibility for successfully delivering projects and want to take charge of their career.
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- Front Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Description
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- PART 1 Building a Foundation for Making Value-Creating Supply Chain Project Decisions
- CHAPTER 1 Introduction to Project Decisions
- Introduction to Supply Chain Projects
- Book Overview for Project Decision Making
- Application Questions
- CHAPTER 2 Fundamentals for Project Decision Making
- Learning Objectives
- A Framework for Making Value-Creating Project Decisions
- Project Management Fundamentals
- Summary
- Application Questions
- CHAPTER 3 Decision Making for Projects
- Learning Objectives
- Importance of Project Decision Making
- Decision Making Models
- Steps to Becoming a Better Decision Maker
- Summary
- Application Questions
- CHAPTER 4 Project Strategy, Goals, and Measurement
- Learning Objectives
- Vision, Mission, Strategy, Goals, and Other Important Stuff to Defne a Project
- Value-Creating Project Decisions
- Performance Measurement and Project Maturity
- Summary
- Application Questions
- CHAPTER 5 Project Risk
- Learning Objectives
- Overview
- Risk Management-A Look Back
- Risk Perception
- Supply Chain Risk Management and Projects
- Project Decision Making and Risk
- Taking Risks With Our Decisions
- Summary
- Application Questions
- PART 2 Making Value-Creating Supply Chain Project Decisions
- CHAPTER 6 Make or Buy Project Decisions
- Learning Objectives
- Overview
- Defning "Make or Buy" Project Decisions
- Criteria for Conducting a Make or Buy Project Decision
- Make-or-Buy Decision Making Project Process
- Measure and Governance
- Summary
- Application Questions
- Project Case Scenario
- CHAPTER 7 Service-Based Project Decisions
- Learning Objectives
- Introduction
- Strategic Differences Between Goods and Services
- Service Processes-Project Criteria for Value-Creating Decisions
- A Project Approach to Developing a Service Strategy
- Considerations for Service-Based Projects
- Summary
- Application Questions
- CHAPTER 8 Conclusion of Value-Creating Project Supply Chain Decisions
- Conclusions and Lessons Learned
- Other Material Not in the Book-And Why
- Summary-What Does It All Mean?
- References
- Chapter 1
- Chapter 2
- Chapter 3
- Chapter 5
- Chapter 6
- Chapter 7
- Chapter 8
- About the Author
- Index
- OTHER TITLES IN THE PORTFOLIO AND PROJECT MANAGEMENT COLLECTION
- Concise and Applied Business Books
- Backcover
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