Welcome to the SloanSelect Operations Collection from MIT Sloan Management Review

To gain perspective on the most important facets of supply chain, project, and outsourcing management, draw on a compilation of MIT Sloan Management Review's best articles from our extensive Operations archive. To read a longer summary, click on "read more" for any article.

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Operations Collection Contents

The seminal article on "The Bullwhip Effect in Supply Chains" outlines the major causes of supply chain distortion, and how to address them. Read more.

Uncertainty is here to stay. "Managing Project Uncertainty: From Variation to Chaos" studies the causes and effects of project uncertainty across various industries and suggests the best methods of adaptation. Read more.

"A Supply Chain View of the Resilient Enterprise" argues that building an enterprise that will survive a disaster should be a strategic initiative--not an operations task that is left to risk managers or insurance professionals. Read more.

Look beyond the value chain. "Evolving From Value Chain to Value Grid" shows how a "grid" approach allows firms to move beyond their industry lines to identify opportunities and threats, and pushes managers to understand the power balance between suppliers and manufacturers. Read more.

"Taking the Measure of Outsourcing Providers" identifies the critical areas of supplier competency, and how to use them to benchmark supplier capabilities against a company's strategic and operational intent. Read more.

Sellers know things about their customers' businesses that the customers themselves don't know. In "The Seller's Hidden Advantage" the authors lay out three strategies that companies can adopt to turn an industry wide "view of the forest" into value for customers and competitive advantage for the business. Read more.

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