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According to the book description of
Modeling and Benchmarking Supply Chain Leadership: Setting the Conditions for Excellence, “Applying
his 30 years of supply chain experience and exemplary leadership, Joe Walden invites supply chain managers to step up and
become supply chain leaders in pursuit of new levels of excellence. In addition to providing a roadmap to leadership for supply
chain professionals, the book fills a gap in most university curriculums by serving as a practical manual on leadership. The
book details those qualities that can serve as benchmarks for measuring leadership success. It also provides a historical
look at leadership in supply chain management complemented by original interviews with leaders in industry and government
across three continents.”
According to the book description of The Forklifts Have Nothing To
Do!: Lessons in Supply Chain Leadership, it “provides practical methods for improving supply chain operations.
Colonel Joe Walden has spent more than 25 years leading supply chain operations. Improving your supply chain will improve
your bottom line, regardless of your industry. His recommendations draw on examples in civilian industry and military operations,
including his recent experiences in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Supply chain operations in the military are very similar to supply
chain operations in commercial industry. Both have the ability to improve operations for the customer.”
One reader of The Forklifts
Have Nothing To Do!: Lessons in Supply Chain Leadership said, “Colonel Walden is right on the money. Busy
forklifts do not translate into effective or efficient supply operations. Careful use of economic order quantities, re-order
points tuned to demand levels and demand forecasts, and a focus on ensuring the 20% of inventory items that account for 80%
of your transactions are always available, is what matters. Also, forward deployment of assets where possible to cut down
on ship times to the customer is important. Colonel Walden gives you the facts. And, while I have referred to his rank, please
do not infer that this book is for military use only. The supply operations methods in this book are equally applicable to
civilian use, and will reduce the cost of material handling, storage, etc.”
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