Dr. De Paoli identifies three steps to developing a common sense approach that incorporates the three main areas of improvement, namely supply planning, production planning, and marketing planning. These steps can be used to increase efficiency and improve the quality of the final product.
One step in Dr. De Paoli’s strategies for developing a common sense approach is to plan your business and the processes involved. This step consists of developing a business plan. In developing a business plan, the following key steps are considered. First, the key goals of the business should be identified. Then, the process of reaching those goals should be developed.
Next, the next key steps in this strategy for improving the process involve identifying the process that has been impacted. The next step involves evaluating the process and the impact that the change has had on the current process. Once the change has been identified, it is then necessary to determine whether it is still feasible to implement the change. If not, then the business should consider implementing another change.
The third step in the strategy for improving the process is to identify which changes have had the most positive effects and which changes are making things worse. Finally, it is necessary to determine how to make further improvements, so that the business can continue to reduce costs. This last step in the strategy for developing a common sense approach to supply management focuses on implementing changes to make things better.
Dr. De Paoli does a great job of presenting clear explanations for each step in this book. He clearly explains the problems associated with a common sense approach to supply management. In addition to showing you the process of developing a common sense approach, the book also helps to explain what it means to “improve”.
Overall, Dr. De Paoli presents an excellent overview of management concepts that will help you achieve maximum control over your supply chains. and improve your business. By using the key concepts in this book, you can become more effective in managing your supply chains.
As you progress through this management guide, you will find that this is a simple guide for improving your own business. It teaches you the key steps that you need to take to become more efficient and improve the quality of your business.
What I liked about this book was that it was easy to read and understand, and that it presented good business strategies that you can use to improve your business. You will learn how to improve your business by following the steps presented in this guide. Dr. De Paoli lays out a blueprint for you to follow, and then he shows you the steps that will help you improve your business.
In the introduction of the book, De Paoli discusses the problem of the “common sense” approach to supply management. In his view, there is nothing common about the approach that actually leads to improvements in a business. He argues that there are only steps that can lead to improvements in the business.
One of the things that the book does is describe why some companies follow the common sense approach, but others don’t. Dr. De Paoli also discusses why the methods that do work are not always the same as the techniques that do not. His explanation is simple. He believes that some steps are better than others. In fact, the reason why some companies are able to improve their business with a common sense approach is because they do not follow the methods that are actually common sense.
Dr. De Paoli goes into detail in this book to explain the different types of approaches that will result in the best results. He also lays out a detailed description of the steps involved in achieving the different stages of improvement and shows you the exact steps that will lead to the end result.
Common Sense Supply Management: Tales From The Supply Chain Trenches
Learn and live Supply Management by reading this book! One of the best testimonials to dealing with the supply chain. Dr. Tom uses the story-telling technique superbly.
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Meet your goal and then Go One Step Further, January 30, 2013 By
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This review is from: Common Sense Supply Management: Tales From The Supply Chain Trenches (Paperback)
Two years ago, we posted our review of `Common Sense Purchasing’ by Dr. Tom DePaoli. In September 2012 he published a new book that reflects a broader perspective on his experience and our profession. By taking a step up – or back – however you chose to see the difference between purchasing and supply management, Dr. Tom takes a new look at the challenges and opportunities in supply management and presents them by sharing many of his own experiences as an independent management consultant.
We’ll be delving further into Dr. Tom’s perspective in an interview with him in February. His short segment writing format allows the reader to get through a number of mini-cases quickly in the first section of the book titled `Tales from the Supply Management Trenches’. Dr. Tom then spends the remaining chapters of the book taking on one subject at a time in greater depth. There is something for everyone, including Six Sigma, negotiation, governance, bureaucracy, and strategy. Supply management professionals will also appreciate his checklists and glossary of terms. Looking back on Dr. Tom’s time spent `in the trenches’, I particularly appreciated his desire to meet a goal and then go one step further for the sake of achieving optimal performance. In one of his engagements, he was working with an integrated paper company to transform their purchasing group into a supply management operation. Using Six-sigma methodologies, they reduced workload and errors before completing a successful supplier rationalization effort. Rather than considering the transformation complete just because expectations had been met, he and his team took the additional step of putting a p-card program in place for their `superusers’, eliminating nearly all paperwork. Other themes of note include the need to have empathy for suppliers in order to establish collaborative relationships and balancing the importance of social media with the effectiveness of face-to-face communication. Technology has its place somewhere behind enabled people and process. As Dr Tom puts it, “The procurement must come before the e”. Dr. Tom’s deep experience and long career in the supply management space make this a book best related to by practitioners with some experience in the field rather than a primer for those new to the game. As to which trenches you currently find yourself in: supply chain, procurement, and purchasing professionals in any industry will benefit from Dr. Tom’s experiences and honest retelling of both successes and lessons learned. 1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
New Book Offers Common Sense Supply Management, February 13, 2013 By
Susan Avery, My Purchasing Center – See all my reviews
This review is from: Common Sense Supply Management: Tales From The Supply Chain Trenches (Paperback)
In his new book, Common Sense Supply Management–Tales from the Supply Chain Trenches, Dr. Tom DePaoli shares experiences from his career as a procurement professional and offers how-to-advice for transforming a sourcing operation.
The tales consist of easy-to-read short stories on such topics as negotiations, building relationships, benchmarking, supplier relationship management, and e-procurement. In one, DePaoli relates why beating suppliers constantly doesn’t work. In another, he explains how managers can earn trust of their employees. A third looks at why women excel at managing relationships with suppliers. “Here’s what I’ve done that works,” DePaoli tells My Purchasing Center of the collection that he describes as enjoyable to read. “I tell the story. But I don’t give a lesson. Readers can figure it out on their own.” DePaoli has spent more than 30 years with the Navy Reserve, and was a supply chain and human resources executive with corporate purchasing turnaround experience and Lean Six Sigma deployments. Now, he is the Management Program Director at Marian University in Fond du Lac, Wis. and Principal of Apollo Solutions, a consulting firm specializing in HR, supply chain and Lean Six Sigma. He is also the author of the book Common Sense Procurement. As DePaoli sees it, procurement professionals should be leading change within their organizations–because of all the relationships they manage. “They drive money to the bottom line,” he says. The 195-page Common Sense Supply Management also provides all readers need to know to transform a sourcing operation including information on Lean, Six Sigma and Lean Six Sigma; Kaizen and performance metrics. It has chapters on global sourcing, e-procurement and p-cards, and a glossary of Lean Six Sigma and supply management terms. The book is geared toward procurement professionals at every stage in their career. DePaoli also recommends it to his college students. It’s available for .95 from Amazon. |
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Meet your goal and then Go One Step Further,
We’ll be delving further into Dr. Tom’s perspective in an interview with him in February. His short segment writing format allows the reader to get through a number of mini-cases quickly in the first section of the book titled `Tales from the Supply Management Trenches’. Dr. Tom then spends the remaining chapters of the book taking on one subject at a time in greater depth. There is something for everyone, including Six Sigma, negotiation, governance, bureaucracy, and strategy. Supply management professionals will also appreciate his checklists and glossary of terms.
Looking back on Dr. Tom’s time spent `in the trenches’, I particularly appreciated his desire to meet a goal and then go one step further for the sake of achieving optimal performance. In one of his engagements, he was working with an integrated paper company to transform their purchasing group into a supply management operation. Using Six-sigma methodologies, they reduced workload and errors before completing a successful supplier rationalization effort. Rather than considering the transformation complete just because expectations had been met, he and his team took the additional step of putting a p-card program in place for their `superusers’, eliminating nearly all paperwork.
Other themes of note include the need to have empathy for suppliers in order to establish collaborative relationships and balancing the importance of social media with the effectiveness of face-to-face communication. Technology has its place somewhere behind enabled people and process. As Dr Tom puts it, “The procurement must come before the e”.
Dr. Tom’s deep experience and long career in the supply management space make this a book best related to by practitioners with some experience in the field rather than a primer for those new to the game. As to which trenches you currently find yourself in: supply chain, procurement, and purchasing professionals in any industry will benefit from Dr. Tom’s experiences and honest retelling of both successes and lessons learned.
New Book Offers Common Sense Supply Management,
The tales consist of easy-to-read short stories on such topics as negotiations, building relationships, benchmarking, supplier relationship management, and e-procurement.
In one, DePaoli relates why beating suppliers constantly doesn’t work. In another, he explains how managers can earn trust of their employees. A third looks at why women excel at managing relationships with suppliers.
“Here’s what I’ve done that works,” DePaoli tells My Purchasing Center of the collection that he describes as enjoyable to read. “I tell the story. But I don’t give a lesson. Readers can figure it out on their own.”
DePaoli has spent more than 30 years with the Navy Reserve, and was a supply chain and human resources executive with corporate purchasing turnaround experience and Lean Six Sigma deployments. Now, he is the Management Program Director at Marian University in Fond du Lac, Wis. and Principal of Apollo Solutions, a consulting firm specializing in HR, supply chain and Lean Six Sigma. He is also the author of the book Common Sense Procurement.
As DePaoli sees it, procurement professionals should be leading change within their organizations–because of all the relationships they manage. “They drive money to the bottom line,” he says.
The 195-page Common Sense Supply Management also provides all readers need to know to transform a sourcing operation including information on Lean, Six Sigma and Lean Six Sigma; Kaizen and performance metrics. It has chapters on global sourcing, e-procurement and p-cards, and a glossary of Lean Six Sigma and supply management terms.
The book is geared toward procurement professionals at every stage in their career. DePaoli also recommends it to his college students. It’s available for $29.95 from Amazon.