Supply & Demand Chain Executive's
2007 Pros to Know

Honoring supply chain leaders driving strategic transformation

By Andrew K. Reese and Sarah Murray

In C-level suites and boardrooms around the world, Supply Chain increasingly is viewed as a strategic function. CEOs and CFOs are coming to understand the supply chain's impact not only on the bottom line but on the top line as well. Yes, as a function, Supply Chain must continue to deliver year-over-year efficiencies, reducing costs and ensuring greater return on assets. But chief executives also are recognizing that revenue growth depends, to a significant extent, on the ability of their supply chains to provide a competitive edge.

With this, Supply & Demand Chain Executive 's seventh annual Pros to Know feature, we are highlighting the men and women who are driving the transformation initiatives and achieving the successes that are helping Supply Chain earn recognition as a true strategic partner to the business. By turning the spotlight onto these Practitioner Pros to Know, we are not only recognizing their accomplishments but also offering them as role models for other executives looking to take their own organizations to a higher, more strategic level within the enterprise.

We also are highlighting Provider Pros to Know - executives at supply chain solution and services providers, as well as analysts and consultants - who have made significant contributions to elevating the status of Supply Chain. Their collective role as "enablers" of transformation cannot be underestimated and is deserving of recognition, too.

As a function, Supply Chain has made great strides in recent years, but much work remains to be done. Our 2007 Pros to Know are continuing to raise the bar within their companies and their industries, and Supply & Demand Chain Executive both salutes their achievements and looks forward to reporting on their continued successes.

Mark Wick, co-founder and senior vice president of engineering at Blue Agave Software, a provider of replenishment and fulfillment solutions for the consumer goods industry, believes that with the availability of point-of-sale (POS), RFID and other real-time data signals, retailers and their consumer goods suppliers have an unprecedented opportunity to unite the retail supply chain from the store all the way back to the manufacturer, elevating the profile of the supply chain within the entire organization.

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