Scaling Supply Chains with Maria Financial and Operational Frameworks and Analytics for Massive, Profitable Growth

Is your company experiencing exponential growth, either organically or by acquisition? With skyrocketing sales, your supply chain may not keep up with the pace, hindering your on-fire growth and slashing your profits. It's time for your supply chain to step up to meet the frenetic and unpredictable rhythm of sales. This book equips supply chain and procurement practitioners with the frameworks, processes, and analytical tools to take the reins and deliver stellar financial results. This rodeo is going to be fun too! These financial and operational frameworks work and do a lot of the work for you. I'm telling you this, based on almost two decades of experience in finance-supply chain adventures; of course, I started when I was five. Now seriously, I have had the privilege to work with high-profile companies—many Fortune 500—including Hershey, Lindt Chocolates, Coty, Cummins, and Alcoa. Below is what they say about my performance that you can validate on LinkedIn or you can Google me: "Marcia is a highly skilled professional in Supply Chain; her support has been key to overcome critical aspects of our Procurement Operation." Jose Antonio Laparte, Sr. Procurement Manager, Salty Division at the Hershey Company "Marcia brought a high level of expertise and diligence to our project at Lindt, helping to define and validate requirements for our supply-chain planning project." John Vaughan, Business Systems Analyst Principal at Allianz Investment (former IT Data Analyst at Lindt Chocolates) "Marcia is results-driven, strategic, and focused on cost savings. She has strong, practical experience with Six-Sigma tools and processes to receive valuable results to the bottom-line." Mark Farney, Talent Acquisition Leader at Cummins Inc. The frameworks, processes, and tools that I've included in this book are critical for result-oriented and data-driven supply chain and procurement teams. They will help you successfully navigate the rough waters of fast growth—either organically or by the acquisition of other brands and companies—to achieve massive financial results. I have written this book in a storytelling format with characters, breaking down complex concepts and analytics in finance and supply chain to make it simple and fun to understand. At the same time, I have made it highly actionable, coming from my accounting background and supply chain experience in the trenches doing the actual work like you do. So, strap in and buckle up: Read this book, take action, and you'll be able to deliver high impact results! About the Series The Series Supply Chain with Maria uses stories with characters in fictional companies to turn complex concepts into simple and actionable to deliver insane financial results through supply chain and procurement.