I liked this book because it shows Doug worring about the world coming to an end by an astroid.. He tries to forget about it by hanging out with his friends, but they are all talking about it.. Doug imagins himself as Quailman tring to save the world from the astroid...

I thought that it was nice to see this book come out.. I have always liked the Quailman Character because it helps Doug resolve his problems withoutfighting or to calm his fears about things.. I am about 31 years old and I love this book...

"To succeed, e-enabled companies will collaborate with their business partners at an unprecedented level of confidence and trust. Utilizing Business Process Orientation between collaborators will enhance the extended supply chain and further integration among trading networks."

- Scott Palmer, Associate Executive Director, Supply-Chain Council

"The authors have developed a focused, rigorous methodology for assessing supply chain processes, and identifying the path forward for establishing specific performance improvements. Managers from many different functions can benefit from reading this book and applying the lessons to their own supply chain business processes."

- Robert Handfield, Bank of America University Distinguished Professor of Supply Chain Management, Director, Supply Chain Resource Consortium, College of Management, North Carolina State University

"The Supply Chain Maturity Model has proven to be invaluable in developing and tracking our strategic initiatives relative to our internal capabilities. As we begin to extend our focus to suppliers and customers it will provide a consistent basis establishing priorities and measuring improvements across enterprises."

- Edward Huller, Vice President, Global Supply Chain, Borden Chemical, Inc.

Business Process Orientation is an easy, fast read with good graphics, four detailed case studies, and many practical tips on conducting the BPO assessment. The book reports on significant research and makes a compelling case that business performance is achieved, in part, by focusing on process across the e-business supply chain.

This book is a must read for business leaders and individual contributors in manufacturing and service organizations who are genuinely motivated toward breakthrough improvement in business performance. Until you internalize the lessons in the McCormack & Johnson book, you may be operating with Internet technology, but you will not benefit from the power of process maturity alignment.

William T. Walker, CFPIM, CIRM is a Supply Chain Architect for Agilent Technologies and an Advanced Supply Chain Management Subject Matter Expert for APICS.

This book is an excellent example of how the former Chief of Canada's largest Police Force slugged it out in the trenches solving interesting, and sometimes gruesome crimes. Anyone who lives in or ever has lived in Toronto, can easily relate to this book.