But now, businesses are seeing the incredible advantage they can gain through strategic supply chain management and cross-functional leadership, streamlining the supply chain to flow value throughout an organization. As a result, supply chain professionals have become more front-facing and are moving out of their silos and into the C-suite. To become C-suite leaders and chief supply chain officers (CSCOs), supply chain professionals need to retain their technical subject matter expertise while seeking greater overall business wisdom. Best Practices For Big-Picture Supply Chain SuccessHow is it possible for one professional to succeed at such a seemingly impossible task? The new Association for Supply Chain Management, the largest nonprofit association for supply chain, has compiled five best practices.

Source: Forbes January 22, 2019 18:33 UTC