# Essential Summer Reading List for Aspiring Supply Chain Leaders
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Chapter 1: The Importance of Reading in Business
Reading List: An essential title for CFOs seeking to grasp supply chain management concepts is "Supply Chain Metrics That Matter." This book effectively connects corporate financial performance to supply chain management.
This video features seven business books recommended by Stanford professors, which can provide valuable insights into leadership and management practices.
Chapter 2: Recommended Reads for Supply Chain Professionals
For those leading in supply chain management, consider these influential titles:
- "The New Leader's 100-Day Action Plan" by George B. Bradt, Jayme A. Check, and John A. Lawler is a must-read for those taking charge of new teams.
- John Maxwell's "5 Levels of Leadership" and "21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership" are essential readings for many Fortune 500 supply chain teams.
- "The First 90 Days: Proven Strategies for Getting Up to Speed Faster and Smarter, Updated and Expanded" by Michael D. Watkins is highly regarded as well.
In the procurement sector of a Fortune 500 company, "Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard" by the Heath Brothers was required reading.
Feedback has been overwhelmingly positive for these three titles:
- "Supply Chain Excellence" by Peter Bolstorff and Robert Rosenbaum
- "The Lean Extended Enterprise" by Terence Burton & Steven Boeder
- "The Goal," a management-focused novel by Dr. Eliyahu M. Goldratt
Subsection 2.1: Additional Suggested Reads
Here are further recommendations for students and professionals alike:
- "Designing and Managing the Supply Chain" by David Simchi-Levi, Philip Kaminsky, and Edith Simchi-Levi
- "Essentials of Supply Chain Management" by Michael H. Hugos
- "Logistics and Supply Chain Management" by Martin Christopher
- "Logistics Management and Strategy: Competing through the Supply Chain" by Alan Harrison and Remko Van Hoek
- "Manufacturing Planning and Control for Supply Chain Management" by F. Robert Jacobs et al.
- "Purchasing and Supply Chain Management" by Robert Monczka et al.
- "Supply Chain Logistics Management" by Donald Bowersox et al.
- "Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Planning, and Operation" by Sunil Chopra and Peter Meindl
- "The Resilient Enterprise: Overcoming Vulnerability for Competitive Advantage" by Yossi Sheffi
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Chapter 3: Timeless Classics in Business Literature
The following classics remain significant in the realm of business:
- "How to Wow" by Frances Cole Jones
- "The Exceptional Presenter" by Timothy J. Koegel
- "The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People" by Stephen Covey
- "Good to Great" by Jim Collins
- "The Present" by Spencer Johnson
- "Fish!" by Stephen Lundin
- "The Servant" by James C. Hunter
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