Ohio State University Fisher College of Business

In today's episode, Stan Fawcett and Mike Knemeyer explain what organizations, and supply chain managers can learn from the decathlon to up their game.

Supply chain managers face a coming shortage of talent. The best should be putting strategies in place now to prepare for the future.

The members of The Global Supply Chain Forum refer to the management of this network of relationships as supply chain management. Successful supply chain management requires cross-functional integration within the firm and across the network of firms that comprise the supply chain. It is focused on relationship management and the improvements in performance that result from better management of key relationships.