Table of contents ; 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ; 2 A TRADITIONAL PERSPECTIVE ON CORPORATE SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT ; 3 A CORPORATE PERSPECTIVE ON SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT ; 4 THE BALANCE BETWEEN GLOBAL ALIGNMENT AND LOCAL RESPONSIVENESS ; 5 THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL OF GLOBAL ALIGNMENT OF SCM PROCESSES; 6 GOVERNANCE METHODS TO GLOBALLY ALIGN SCM PROCESSES ; 7 DEFAULT GOVERNANCE STRATEGIES IN CORPORATE SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT ; 8 CONCLUSION: A THREE-STEP GOVERNANCE APPROACH; 9 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT ; 10 YOUR STATUS QUO