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For undergraduate and graduate supply chain management courses. Illustrating the key drivers in effective supply chain management. Supply Chain Management illustrates the key drivers of good supply chain management in order to help students understand what creates a competitive advantage. This text also provides strong coverage of analytic skills so that students can gauge the effectiveness of the techniques described in the text. To better suit the importance of international business in today's world, the fourth edition contains increased coverage of global supply chain management.
List of contents
Preface
Part I Building a Strategic Framework to Analyze Supply Chains
Chapter 1 Understanding the Supply Chain
Chapter 2 Supply Chain Performance: Achieving Strategic Fit and Scope
Chapter 3 Supply Chain Drivers and Metrics
Part II Designing the Supply Chain Network
Chapter 4 Designing Distribution Networks and Applications to e-Business
Chapter 5 Network Design in the Supply Chain
Chapter 6 Designing Global Supply Chain Networks
Part IIIPlanning and Coordinating Demand and Supply in a Supply Chain
Chapter 7 Demand Forecasting in a Supply Chain
Chapter 8 Aggregate Planning in a Supply Chain
Chapter 9 Sales and Operations Planning: Planning Supply and Demand in a Supply Chain
Chapter 10 Coordination in a Supply Chain
Part IVPlanning and Managing Inventories in a Supply Chain
Chapter 11 Managing Economies of Scale in a Supply Chain: Cycle Inventory
Chapter 12 Managing Uncertainty in a Supply Chain: Safety Inventory
Chapter 13 Determining the Optimal Level of Product Availability
Part V Designing and Planning Transportation Networks
Chapter 14 Transportation in a Supply Chain
Part VIManaging Cross-Functional Drivers in a Supply Chain
Chapter 15 Sourcing Decisions in a Supply Chain
Chapter 16 Pricing and Revenue Management in a Supply Chain
Chapter 17 Information Technology in a Supply Chain
Chapter 18 Sustainability and the Supply Chain
Name Index
Subject Index
Summary
For undergraduate and graduate supply chain management courses.
Illustrating the key drivers in effective supply chain management.
Supply Chain Management illustrates the key drivers of good supply chain management in order to help students understand what creates a competitive advantage. This text also provides strong coverage of analytic skills so students can gauge the effectiveness of the techniques described in the text.
