{"product_id":"supply-chain-management-and-business-performance-the-vasc-model-hardback-9781786300744","title":"Supply Chain Management and Business Performance; The VASC Model (Hardback) 9781786300744","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eSupply Chain Management and Business Performance\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe VASC Model\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eChristelle Camman (Author), Claude Fiore (Author), Laurent Livolsi (Author), Pascal Querro (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781786300744, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 6 June 2017\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e288 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.4 x 15.8 x 2.3 cm, 0.567 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAgainst this current trend of low growth and high uncertainty, business directors must work with their shareholders to set strategic objectives and define business models.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe great number of possible strategies makes this type of management very complex, and the actual deployment of strategic choices is often limited by a lack of overall coherence within the organization. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis problem calls for an appropriate and renewed response. In strategic management today, a closer, permanent dialogue is needed between operational and financial performance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBased on a supply chain approach, the Value Added Supply Chain (VASC) model focuses on driving operational performance, but aims to achieve a greater and more dynamic integration between these two dimensions of the company's value creation.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eForeword xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 1 Managing Performance: Objectives and Managers’ Needs 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1 Towards greater organizational agility 2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1.1 Some basic trends and their impacts on businesses 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1.2 The evolution of business models: some examples from different sectors 10\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1.3 Divergences, but above all, major trends in performance management 38\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2 Needs and objectives of the CEO and the Board 45\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2.1 The objectives of the CEO and the Board 46\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2.2 Needs in terms of information quality and responsiveness 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3 Financial directors’ needs and objectives 58\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3.1 The involvement of a Chief Financial Officer (CFO) in the strategic process: from business model to business plan 60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3.2 Optimizing the business’ finance structure 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3.3 New objectives in financial strategies 70\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4 Supply chain management and operations management 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4.1 Supply chain management: definition and positioning 81\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.4.2 Objectives that require a transverse approach 88\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.5 Conclusion 97\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 2 Management Techniques and Tools 99\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 Tools for managers 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1.1 Tools for measuring the creation of value 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1.2 Tools for managing the value chain or the strategy deployment chain 105\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 Tools at the disposal of CFOs 116\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2.1 The difficult reconciliation of time horizons 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2.2 The importance of management control as a support for financial steering 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 The supply chain manager’s tools 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3.1 Repository of good practices 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3.2 Organizational models adapted to transversal management 150\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3.3 Tools for operational steering and their connection with financial steering 158\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3.4 New tools for more financial objectives 166\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.4 Conclusion 174\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 3 New Ways to Steer Supply Chain Performance 177\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 Supply chain management through improvement of operational performance 184\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1.1 Performance steering and the value creation process 184\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1.2 Value tree (modeling financial equations) 187\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1.3 The link between business indicators and financial strategy 191\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1.4 Supply chain business model 198\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1.5 From business model to steering supply chain value creation 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 Impacts of operational performance on financial management 202\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2.1 The interrelations between changes in cost structure and EBITDA 204\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2.2 The interrelations between changes in depreciation periods and cash flow 208\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2.3 The interrelations between changes in stock levels and WCR 210\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2.4 The cohesion of financing the supply chain business 211\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3 Organization of the VASC model 213\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3.1 A representation of the organization in terms of supply chain 214\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3.2 An approach to steering the VASC model 220\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.4 Conclusion 225\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion 229\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBibliography 235\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 245\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Chemistry [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Chemistry\" 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