<p><b><i>Supply Chain Strategy and Financial Metrics</i> is a step-by-step guide to balancing the triangle of service, cost and cash which is the essence of supply chain management. </b><br><br>Supply chains have become increasingly strategy-driven, and this Supply Chain Triangle approach puts the supply chain at the heart of the strategy discussion instead of seeing it as a result. <br><br><b><i>Supply Chain Strategy and Financial Metrics</i></b> fully reflects the ''inventory'' or ''working capital'' angle and examines the optimisation of the supply chain and Return on Capital Employed. Including case studies of Barco, Casio and a selection of food retail companies, this book covers building a strategy-driven KPI dashboard, target setting and financial benchmarking. Regular examples and diagrams illustrate how different types of strategies lead to different trade-offs in the Supply Chain Triangle. This ground-breaking text links supply chain, strategy and finance through financial me