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Supply Chain Management
The Supply Chain Management (SCM) course builds on aspects of the first-year Technology and Operations Management (RC TOM) course. However, whereas RC TOM focuses primarily on developing and producing products and services, SCM emphasizes managing... View Details
- 25 Mar 2019
- Research & Ideas
The Secret Life of Supply Chains
research rethinks what academics and practitioners have simply called the supply chain—a loose federation of individual suppliers that feed companies with the goods and services necessary to create products... View Details
- June 2016
- Supplement
Supply Chain Finance at Procter & Gamble Spreadsheet Supplement
By: Benjamin C. Esty, Scott Mayfield and David Lane
In April 2013, Procter & Gamble (P&G), the world’s largest consumer packaged goods (CPG) company, announced that it would extend its payment terms to suppliers by 30 days. At the same time, P&G announced a new supply chain financing (SCF) program giving suppliers the... View Details
Keywords: Working Capital; Supply Chain Finance; Corporate Treasury; Consumer Packaged Goods; Value Creation; Supply Chain; Supplier Relationships; Banking; Liquidity; Accounts Payable; Accrual Accounting; Financial Reporting; Cash Flow; Cost Management; Banks and Banking; Financial Strategy; Multinational Firms and Management; Supply Chain Management; United States; Brazil
- October 2020
- Article
The Supply Chain Economy: A New Industry Categorization for Understanding Innovation in Services
By: Mercedes Delgado and Karen G. Mills
An active debate has centered on the importance of manufacturing for driving innovation in the U.S. economy. This paper offers an alternative framework that focuses on the role of suppliers of goods and services (the “supply chain economy”) in national performance. We... View Details
Keywords: Supply Chain Industries; Business-to-consumer Industries; Services; Innovation; Economy; Framework; Supply Chain; Service Operations; Innovation and Invention; Economic Growth; United States
Delgado, Mercedes, and Karen G. Mills. "The Supply Chain Economy: A New Industry Categorization for Understanding Innovation in Services." Research Policy 49, no. 8 (October 2020).
- Research Summary
Supply Chain Inventory Planning
My work studies management decision-making in demand and supply planning contexts with a focus on forecasting and inventory planning decisions. I examine these decision-making processes from both a supply chain (i.e. across firm) and an... View Details
- June 2001
- Teaching Note
Role of Intermediaries in Supply Chains TN
By: Ananth Raman
Describes the role of intermediaries in the Coordinating and Managing Supply Chains elective course at HBS. Contrary to many observers' predictions, intermediaries have continued to survive and even grow. This module examines the ways in which intermediaries can add... View Details
- 07 Jun 2004
- Research & Ideas
What Drives Supply Chain Behavior?
To err is human, but most research on supply chain management doesn't take psychological, functional, incentive-related, and other biases into account. HBS professors Rogelio Oliva and Noel Watson have... View Details
Keywords: by Sarah Jane Johnston
- May 2019 (Revised June 2019)
- Background Note
Responsibilities in the Supply Chain
By: Nien-hê Hsieh
Companies are increasingly called upon to take responsibility for what occurs in their supply chains. One particular area of debate is a company’s responsibility for working conditions in supplier factories. This note provides a framework for managers to grapple with... View Details
Keywords: Supply Chain; Corporate Social Responsibility and Impact; Working Conditions; Safety; Corporate Accountability
Hsieh, Nien-hê. "Responsibilities in the Supply Chain." Harvard Business School Background Note 319-114, May 2019. (Revised June 2019.)
- Research Summary
Market Implications of Supply Chain Disruptions
Identifying how and why the financial markets respond to problems in corporate supply chains. View Details
- 27 Mar 2015
- Conference Presentation
Managing Working Conditions in Global Supply Chains
Toffel, Michael W. "Managing Working Conditions in Global Supply Chains." Paper presented at the Ethical Sourcing Forum, March 27, 2015.
- 19 Mar 2015
- Talk
Managing Working Conditions in Global Supply Chains
- 6 Mar 2015
- Talk
Managing Working Conditions in Global Supply Chains
Toffel, Michael W. "Managing Working Conditions in Global Supply Chains." Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), March 6, 2015.
- 10 May 2019
- Talk
Improving Working Conditions in Global Supply Chains
- 2 Apr 2019
- Talk
Improving Working Conditions in Global Supply Chains
- 20 May 2015
- Talk
Managing Working Conditions in Global Supply Chains
Toffel, Michael W. "Managing Working Conditions in Global Supply Chains." SAI Advisory Board Meeting, Social Accountability International, May 20, 2015.
- March 21, 2022
- Article
Are the Risks of Global Supply Chains Starting to Outweigh the Rewards?
By: Willy C. Shih
The conflict in Ukraine is only the latest jolt to global supply chains. Disruptions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, climate-related events, and geopolitical tensions were already undermining their rationale. As companies rethink sourcing, they will have to consider... View Details
Keywords: Supply Chain Management; Supply Chain; Distribution; Globalization; Manufacturing Industry; Consumer Products Industry; United States; Asia; Europe
Shih, Willy C. "Are the Risks of Global Supply Chains Starting to Outweigh the Rewards?" Harvard Business Review Digital Articles (March 21, 2022).
- December 2023 (Revised May 2024)
- Case
Building Resiliency in McDonald's Supply Chain
By: David E. Bell, Damien McLoughlin and David Lane
Considers McDonald’s efforts to build resilience into its global supply chain so that the company and its suppliers can better navigate the increasing pressures and pace of climate change and regulatory change, including a focus on supplying sustainable beef, while the... View Details
Keywords: Climate Change; Supply Chain Management; Business and Stakeholder Relations; Risk and Uncertainty; Governing Rules, Regulations, and Reforms; Growth Management; Agriculture and Agribusiness Industry; Food and Beverage Industry; United States; Europe; South America
Bell, David E., Damien McLoughlin, and David Lane. "Building Resiliency in McDonald's Supply Chain." Harvard Business School Case 524-001, December 2023. (Revised May 2024.)
- 20 Nov 2000
- Research & Ideas
Moving from Supply Chains to Supply Networks
place in today's supply chain, as well as the far-reaching impact of information technology advancements. Outlining the program's curriculum, they explain how the participants leave the program armed with... View Details
Keywords: by Staff
- 28 Apr 2003
- Research & Ideas
Supply Chain Risk: Deal With It
instability in Third World countries, and last year's shutdown of West Coast shipping docks—have awakened managers as never before to supply chain risks, some View Details
Keywords: by David Stauffer