James B. Ayers, Principal

Supply Chain Management
Healthcare Management

This website is your information resource on supply chain management, improving business process design, and healthcare management strategy.

This information is presented to you as a service by James B. Ayers, Certified Management Consultant (CMC), Principal of CGR Management Consultants LLC. Jim's chief objective in his consulting practices is to help clients improve their competitiveness by designing their process, organization, and systems to achieve superior market positions. 

Supply Chain Management Books

• Handbook of Supply Chain Management, 2nd Edition (2006) 
• Supply Chain Project Management, 2nd Edition (2010) (English & Chinese)
• Making Supply Chain Management Work (2002) 
• Supply Chain Management (SCM), the Wheel and the Manufacturing Engineer (2002) 
• Improving Your Competitive Position (1990) 
• Retail Supply Chain Management (2008)
• Encyclopedia of Supply Chain Management (2012) 

For those with little time to browse, the most popular article downloads in order of download frequency are listed here:

TQM and Information Technology: Partners for Profit (with 10 year update)
Chemical Engineering Progress Ask the Expert (demand-driven supply chain)
SME's Supply Chain Management Bluebook (comprehensive overview)
Reengineering the Supply Chain (tools & methodologies)
Supply Chain Strategies (incorporating SCM into company strategy)

A workshop is available based on the tools and concepts in Supply Chain Project Management. A One-Sheet is available that describes options.

Use our self-assessment tool to gauge your company's supply chain management maturity. Our link will then guide you to CGR's recommended course of action. CGR’s active learning approach will help upgrade your skills by putting supply chain management concepts and tools to work.

The Encyclopedia of Supply Chain Management, was published in 2012 by CRC Press. It is available on-line and updated continuously with insights from over 100 contributors. For more information download the listing of topics using the link above.

Supply Chain Project Management, 2nd Edition has been translated into Simplified Chinese. The publisher is Nankai University Press in Tianjin China. Click here for more information about the publication.