Read more
What are the key factors affecting global supply chains today and how can we manage them? Starting from the concept that 'there is no point driving a Ferrari in a traffic jam', Ron Basu provides practical tools and techniques of good supply chain management to add value, deliver cost reduction and improve customer satisfaction.
This new edition specifically focuses on seven contemporary challenges that have affected global supply chain management. Recent disruptions to global supply chains created by COVID-19 and the Ukraine conflict have resulted in significant geographical shifts in supply and demand. High inflation and the cost of living crisis have, in turn, created problems for finely-tuned global supply chains. The economic and business environment has also become more demanding, due in part to political pressures including nationalism and Brexit: for example, supply chain pressures caused by Brexit have resulted in increased red tape. Other factors have had a gradual and positive effect, such as climate change initiatives, Industry 4.0 and the digital revolution. The issues that affect the performance of global supply chains are sometimes interrelated, but all of them really matter because businesses have become increasingly global. This book addresses these challenges and explores how to deal with them. In addition, there are new and updated chapters on lean and agile supply chains, e-business, emerging markets, sustainability and green issues, global supply chains for services and event management, retail management and major project management.
Managing Global Supply Chains is a practical and highly readable text with real-life examples and excellent coverage. It is an ideal companion for post-experience business students, learning professionals and anyone interested in supply chain management.
List of contents
Acknowledgements
About the Authors
Preface
PART 1: INTRODUCTION
Chapter One
The role of supply chain as a key value driver in global market
Chapter Two
Why Global Supply Chain Management
Chapter Three
Understanding Global Supply Chain Management and its building blocks
Chapter Four
Contemporary Global Challenges in Supply Chain Management
PART 2: BUILDING BLOCKS OF GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN
Chapter Five
Customer focus and demand
Chapter Six
Resource and capacity management
Chapter Seven
Procurement , purchasing and supplier focus
Chapter Eight
Inventory management
Chapter Nine
Operations management
Chapter Ten
Distribution Management
PART 3: NEW DEMANDS AND TRENDS
Chapter Eleven
Supply chain in service sectors and non-profit and charity organisations
Chapter Twelve
Globalisation and Supply chain in emerging markets
Chapter Thirteen
Digital Revolution and E- supply chain
Chapter Fourteen
Lean and agile supply chain
Chapter Fifteen
Supply chain in the retail sector
Chapter Sixteen
Sustainable Supply Chain
Chapter Seventeen
Supply Chain for Major Projects
Chapter Eighteen
Quantitative Analysis and Optimisation in Global Supply Chains
Chapter Nineteen
Supply Chain Strategies
Chapter Twenty
Managing Supply Chain Risks
PART 4: INTEGRATING SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
Chapter Twenty one
Systems and Procedures
Chapter Twenty two
Sales and Operations Planning
Chapter Twenty three
Global Supply Chain Performance Management
Chapter Twenty four
Case Study examples
References
Appendices
Glossary
Index
About the author
Ron Basu is Director of Performance Excellence Limited and a Visiting Executive Fellow at Henley Business School, University of Reading, UK. He is also a Visiting Professor at SKEMA Graduate School of Management, France.
Summary
Managing Global Supply Chains is a practical and highly readable text with real-life examples and excellent coverage. It is an ideal companion for post-experience business students, learning professionals and anyone interested in supply chain management.
