Complexity tends to increase costs. Complexity can adversely affect the resilience of your supply chain (its ability to bounce back after events). Complexity makes risk management more difficult. Complexity tends to slow down decisions and actions.
A few Chief Procurement Officers have made reducing complexity one of their key priorities. When you consider some of the benefits from reducing complexity, it is no surprise that this has become a corporate priority at “next level” companies.
That is one reason why an entire chapter is devoted to this subject in the new book Next Level Supply Management Excellence
http://www.amazon.com/Next-Level-Supply-Management-Excellence/dp/1604270594/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1291924591&sr=1-2
If you plan to attend the APICS conference in Pittsburgh on October 23-25, look for a session on “Winning the Complexity Battle” Tuesday, October 25 at 9:45 am:
http://www.apics.org/education/conference/education/edprogram_Productivity.asp
Bob Trent and I look forward to your participation!
SC
MR
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