More Praise for Straight to the Bottom Line®
"Straight to the Bottom Line® … combines best-in-class case examples with the accumulated insight of four of the country's top purchasing pros. And here's the bonus: It's practical, down to earth, and highly readable."
Frank Quinn, Editor
Supply Chain Management Review
“This is like a boxing book written by Dempsey, Louis and Ali. Strong praise? “Straight to the Bottom Line® lives up to it…
“Read it and learn. Your suppliers, your customers and your competitors certainly will.”
Jack O'Connor
Publisher emeritus, Purchasing Magazine
“Straight to the Bottom Line® is about better understanding the relationship between supply management and cost structures, Return on Investment, risk management, compliance and governance, and customer satisfaction. It is also a good holiday gift for your boss if you are struggling to get consensus on the relationship and importance of supply management to the bottom line.”
Mickey North Rizza
Research Director
AMR Research
“Senior business executives, as well as senior procurement leaders, should give
this book serious attention."
Bernard Gracia
Director
The European Institute of Purchasing Management (E.I.P.M)
“Senior business executives, as well as senior procurement leaders, should give
this book serious attention."
Bernard Gracia
Director
The European Institute of Purchasing Management (E.I.P.M)
“For companies who want to not just be efficient, but also effective, in
their journey to World Class Supply Management, this book should prove
to be an invaluable resource.”
Pierre Mitchell
Director, The Hackett Group
“This must read book … presents a multidimensional outlook on successfully implementing a supply transformation in your organization.”
Anthony Nieves, C.P.M., CFPM
Senior Vice President – Supply Management
Hilton Hotels Corporation
“Straight to the Bottom Line® lays out the roadmap taken by the most
talented procurement executives in America, supply management
superstars, who made major contributions to large multinational
corporations that were under intense pressure to improve the bottom
line."
Dan Meckstroth
Chief Economist and Purchasing Council Director
Manufacturers Alliance/MAPI
“The authors demonstrate how a company can elevate its procurement, manufacturing, engineering and other functions into an innovative supply chain organization that has genuine, bottom-line strategic value…”
Joe Carson
Chief Procurement Executive
Lucent Technologies
“A hard hitting book that provides guidance to executive leaders about what
their companies should do to gain sustainable competitive advantage through
sourcing and supply chain excellence."
Robert M. Monczka, Ph.D.
Director-Strategic Sourcing and
Supply Chain Strategy Research
CAPS RESEARCH
Distinguished Research and ISM Professor
W.P.Carey School of Business
Supply Chain Management
Arizona State University
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