About the authorPrefaceAcknowledgements How to use this bookPART ONE Knowledge architecture around collaboration (the jewel in the crown)01 Introduction: The rationale for collaborative business practices across supply chains and why collaboration can be the jewel in the crown for organizations02 Collaborative arrangements: Different supply chain perspectives, drivers and interdependencies03 Raising the game - the CRAFT04 The importance of stakeholder engagement in harnessing the benefits of collaborative working practices05 Pan-industry supply chain collaboration: An exemplar of solutions developed by and for the industry06 Commercial risk and pricing considerations associated with collaborative versus traditional contracting arrangementsPART TWO Case studies of exemplar historical collaborative practice07 Case study 1: The Team Marine story -- putting logic back into logistics08 Case study 2: Captain - the impossible dream09 Case study 3: Building supply chain functional excellence through collaboration with internal partners10 Case study 4: Envoi - value creation through collaborative outsourcing of acquisition and divestment in the upstream E&P sectorPART THREE Case studies of exemplar collaborative practice in play or evolving11 Case study 5: Humanitarian relief - Food for the Hungry: daring to be different through collaborative innovation12 Case study 6: The Oil and Gas Technology Centre13 Case study 7: All together now - improvements in collaboration in the pharmaceutical and biomedical life science sectors14 Case study 8: The emergence of digital procurement technology in the IT sectorFurther reading and useful websitesIndex