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Offers a new learning perspective; focuses on the organisational level and emphasises the systemic approach to supply chain management.
List of contents
Part I. Basic Principles in Operations and Supply Chain Management: 1. Value chain and value creation; 2. Learning and learning perspective; 3. Fundamentals of operations and supply chain management; Part II. Structural Dimension of Supply Chain Management: 4. Supply chain configuration and connection; 5. Strategic roles of inventory; 6. Logistics, procurement, and supplier relationship; Part III. Infrastructural Dimension of Supply Chain Management: 7. Supply chain coordination; 8. Strategic tools of supply chain capability; 9. Innovation and technology; Part IV. Sustainable Value Chain Management: 10. Global supply chain management; 11. Sustainability and supply chain management; Part V. Analytical Tools (Online): 12A. Analytical methods for supply chain management; References; Index.
About the author
Bowon Kim is Professor of Operations Strategy and Management Science at KAIST Business School in Seoul, Korea. He earned a Doctor of Business Administration in Technology and Operations Management from Harvard University (1995), M.S. in Operations Research from Stanford University (1989), and a Bachelor's from Seoul National University (1988). He is teaching and doing research on supply chain management, new product innovation, and value chain sustainability. He has published numerous papers in prestigious academic journals. In 2017, he published a book entitled Optimal Control Applications for Operations Strategy, which elaborates on supply chain management (SCM) using optimal control theory and differential games.
Summary
The author adopts the learning perspective to help students see supply chain management (SCM) issues from a strategic perspective. This unique approach enables managers to observe SCM issues at a fundamental level and also guides researchers to see real issues of SCM in actual managerial context.
