This updated guide explains how to implement project management best practices for continued improvement to the supply chain. James Ayers, an authority on supply chain implementation and management, offers unique perspectives, augmented by anecdotes garnered from years of experience. He covers SCM execution, highlights the challenges managers are likely to face, and offers multiple viewpoints and definitions from the supply chain and project management perspectives. The text also explains how to achieve company-wide agreement for developing and directing strategies that will lower risk in undertaking difficult supply chain change.