为什么对“供应链管理”有自己的理解和定义如此重要？

笔者作为一个正在系统学习供应链管理的职场人士，给各位的第一个建议就是：理解并定义你自己的“供应链管理”。

为什么如此重要？

《Supply Chain Excellence(卓越供应链)》一书开篇给出了最好的阐述。

“Once, at a seminar on the supply chain operations reference model, an executive in attendance opened the Q&A portion with the request: "Most of us don't have good control of our supply chains-inside the company or with trading partners. What two or three things would you say to motivate us to address the supply chain?"

“If you can define your supply chain——which isn't hard to do——then you can measure it,”Peter(the author) answered. “Once you’ve measured it, you'll find the opportunities are so big that you won't need any more motivation. You’ll want to drive continuous improvement in your supply chain.”

Like most bandwagons, supply chain management has been defined and redefined in many ways over the past ten years. To a large degree, the definition depends on your motivation and interest.”

是的，你怎么理解定义“供应链管理”，决定了你的动力和兴趣。我自己的感受是，还决定了你将如何把自己对这五个字的理解有意或无意地贯穿到以后的每一处改善方向和细节中。

下一篇文章，我将探讨“供应链管理”的各种定义，在此之前，请各位务必写下自己对于“供应链管理”的定义，没有对错，不要百度，也可以写在留言栏里，若干年后，回过来再来看看，你会发现也许你有了很不一样的理解。

PS：我是，这里是我的个人微信公众号“供应链成长随笔”，欢迎关注和转发。