Creating and Maintaining Resilient Supply Chains.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- 0.1 Outsourcing Issues -- 0.2 Getting Outsourcing Right -- 0.3 The Importance of Service Level Agreements -- 0.4 Vendor Evaluation Criteria -- 0.5 Relating Contract Type to Service -- 0.6 Lessons from Experience -- Part I: Understanding the Resilient Supply Chain -- 1.1 Supply Chain Dependency -- 1.2 Risk and the Procurement Cycle -- 1.2.1 Purchasing Policy -- 1.2.1.1 Purchasing Procedures -- 1.2.1.2 Using Multiple Suppliers -- 1.2.1.3 Using Single Suppliers -- 1.2.1.4 Using Best of Breed Suppliers -- 1.2.1.5 Other Purchasing Practices -- 1.2.2 Technical Authorization Policy -- 1.3 Strategic Purchasing and Supply Management -- 1.4 Developing Sourcing Strategies: Types of Contract -- 1.5 The Strategic Procurement Lifecycle -- 1.5.1 Product Lifecycle -- 1.5.2 The Strategic Procurement Lifecycle -- 1.5.3 Implementing the Strategic Procurement Lifecycle -- 1.6 Supplier Strategies -- 1.6.1 Stock -- 1.7 Procurement Documentation -- 1.8 Tendering Procedures -- 1.8.1 Common Risks and Pitfalls -- 1.9 Outsourcing Risk -- 1.9.1 Getting Outsourcing Right -- 1.10 Risks: All Contracts -- 1.10.1 The Runaway Project -- 1.10.2 The Importance of Service Level Agreements (SLAs) -- 1.11 How Suppliers Charge -- 1.11.1 Cost Plus -- 1.11.2 Time and Materials -- 1.11.3 Usage -- 1.11.4 Type of Service -- 1.11.5 Market Pricing -- 1.11.6 Fixed-Price or Lump Sum -- 1.11.7 Risk/Reward Contracts -- 1.11.8 Management Fee -- 1.11.9 Value-Based Costing -- 1.11.10 Marginal Costing -- 1.11.11 Cost of Full Capacity -- 1.12 Vendor Evaluation Criteria -- 1.12.1 Due Diligence -- 1.12.2 Relating Contract Type to Service -- 1.13 Negotiating -- 1.14 Summary:Risk Based Acquisition Management (RBAM) -- 1.14.1 Fundamental Risk Management Requirements -- 1.14.2 Tender Risks.

1.14.3 Contract Risks -- 1.15 Lessons from Experience -- 1.16 ANSI Standard -- Footnotes -- Part II: Contracting for a Resilient Supply Train -- 2.1 The Tender -- 2.1.1 Whole Life Costing to Determine the Best Bid -- 2.1.2 Required Format for Tendering -- 2.1.3 Table of Contents for ITT -- 2.2 Input or Process Speci cations -- 2.3 Output Speci cations -- 2.4 Technical Speci cations -- 2.4.1 Functional Speci cations -- 2.4.2 Performance Speci cations -- 2.4.3 Technical Design Speci cations -- 2.4.4 Mandatory and Desirable Technical Speci cations -- 2.4.5 Technical Speci cations:The Crucial Elements -- 2.5 Developing Technical Speci cations -- 2.5.1 Technical Requirements (Technical Speci cations) -- 2.5.2 Instructions for Developing a Technical Speci cation -- 2.5.3 Procedure for Developing a New Technical Speci cation -- 2.6 General Product/Service Speci cation:Checklist -- 2.6.1 General Product/Service Speci cations and Objectives -- 2.6.2 Suppliers'Anticipated Requirements from Client Company -- 2.6.3 Speci c to Capital Equipment -- 2.6.4 Speci c to Onsite Contractors -- 2.6.5 Contractual Framework -- 2.7 Typical Pitfalls of Tenders in the SME Sector: The Supplier's Perspective -- 2.8 The Contract and the Law -- 2.8.1 Principles of International Commercial Law:UNIDROIT -- 2.8.2 Legal Systems:Anglo-Saxon Versus Civil Code -- 2.8.3 European Law -- 2.8.4 Sharia Law -- 2.8.5 International Law: Conclusions -- 2.8.5.1 Enforcement of Foreign Judgment -- 2.8.5.2 Alternative Dispute Procedures: Mediation and Arbitration -- 2.9 Contract Aspects -- 2.9.1 Key Contract Clauses -- 2.9.2 Common Ambiguities -- 2.9.3 Important Considerations for Contracts -- Footnotes -- Appendix A: Critical Success Factors (CSFs) for Business Processes -- A.1 Key Performance Indicators -- A.2 Service Level Agreements -- A.3 Desk Review of Documentation -- A.4 Questionnaires.

A.5 Interviews -- About the Author -- More from the Publisher.

Creating and Maintaining Resilient Supply Chains Will your supply chain survive the twists and turns of the global economy? Can it deliver mission-critical supplies and services in the face of disaster or other business interruption? A resilient supply chain can do those things and more. In Creating and Maintaining Resilient Supply Chains, global expert Andrew Hiles applies the principles of risk and business continuity to enable a reliable flow of materials and information that is a "win" for everyone involved.

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