The Digital Supply Chain Challenge



ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

There are many people we would like to thank, whose contributions were essential in bringing this book to life. First, we greatly benefited from personal exchanges with numerous supply chain executives, from many different industries, who were most generous with their time in sharing their stories and lessons learned. We are aware of the daily pressures these professionals are under to keep their supply chains running smoothly and appreciate the effort they made to carve out time for us. Without their insights and perspectives – articulated in interviews or fully developed case studies – our writing would not be up to date. Second, we are grateful to IMD for supporting us in our supply chain research and granting permission to reproduce some of the articles and the case studies. Readers interested in obtaining individual case studies can order them from The Case Centre (www.thecasecentre.org). Finally, we would like to thank the team at IMD for their dedication and help in completing this book project, for coordinating the whole process and keeping us on time. If there is one person we would like to mention by name, it is Lindsay McTeague, whose editing support was critically important, raising both the quality and clarity of our text. Her patience and skill were invaluable.

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