Financial Intelligence for Supply Chain Managers: Understand the Link between Operations and Corporate Financial Performance

Discover how your supply chain and operations work impacts financial performance, and how to align your efforts to help your company succeed — the fastest, best way to supercharge your own career! As a supply chain or operations professional, you may clearly understand your operational performance goals. But if you want to get promoted, you need to know how your day-to-day work powerfully impacts the financial metrics your top executives care about most.

About the Author

Steven Leon is a Clinical Professor of Supply Chain and Operations Management in the Marketing Department of the College of Business Administration, University of Central Florida. Prior to his transition to academia, he spent many years in the air transportation industry, particularly in flight operations. Steve is also an accomplished entrepreneur. His research interests include supply chain strategy and financial performance, service operations, behavioral decision-making, and air transportation. He is the author of Sustainability in Supply Chain Management Casbook: Applications in SCM , Financial Times Press, and other peer-reviewed academic journal articles. Steve earned his Ph.D. in Transportation and Logistics from North Dakota State University, and his MBA in International Business from Loyola University, Maryland.