Contents -- Foreword: Why a Book on Supply and Competitive Advantage? -- Acknowledgments -- CHAPTER 1 Competitive Advantage: Building a Supply-Based Framework -- CHAPTER 2 Suppliers: The Forgotten Competitive Currency -- CHAPTER 3 Small Companies: Seeking Value to Offset Lack of Scale -- CHAPTER 4 Blueprint for Supply-Based Advantage: Plan Before Doing -- CHAPTER 5 Sourcing Strategy: Foundation of Advantage -- CHAPTER 6 Supplier Relationships: Erecting Support for Advantage -- CHAPTER 7 Supply Chain Management: Connecting Across and Between Companies -- CHAPTER 8 Floor Plan for Supply Advantage: Organizing People, Skills, and Tasks -- CHAPTER 9 Cross-Functional Collaboration: The Door to the Ultimate Differentiator -- CHAPTER 10 Market Flows: Monitor and Manage the Forces That Shape Performance -- CHAPTER 11 Outsourcing: Using Suppliers to Maintain and Remodel Capability -- CHAPTER 12 Risk Management in the Supply Base: Insuring Against Damage, Loss, and Liability -- CHAPTER 13 Building Supply Base Advantage: A Long-Term Project -- CHAPTER 14 Situational Supply Base Flexibility: Achieving the Dream -- Afterword: You Can Get Competitive Advantage from Suppliers -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.