Supply chain management demystified /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English. |
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New York, N.Y. :
McGraw-Hill Education,
[2014]
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| Edition: | First edition. |
| Series: | McGraw-Hill's AccessEngineering.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- A. About the author
- B. Preface
- C. Acknowledgments
- 1. Chapter 1: basic supply chain management concepts
- Supply chain and supply chain management
- Supply chain networks
- Demand chains and value chains
- Service supply chains
- The importance of supply chain management
- Summary
- Quiz
- 2. Chapter 2: supply chain collaboration
- What is collaboration?
- Supply chain members
- Marketing
- Supply management
- Supply chain collaboration
- External collaboration
- Factors that influence collaboration
- Summary
- Quiz
- 3. Chapter 3: supply chain strategies and planning
- Levels of decision making
- Decision-making tools and techniques
- Supply chain strategy
- Issues of strategic importance
- Sustaining a competitive advantage
- Strategic sourcing
- Analysis of organizational spending
- Develop strategies for each category
- Characteristics of integrated supply management
- Summary
- Quiz
- 4. Chapter 4: sourcing and supply management
- Supplier management
- Negotiation and contracting
- Cost control
- Innovation and new product development
- Summary
- Quiz
- 5. Chapter 5: manufacturing and production
- Understanding basic manufacturing techniques
- Manufacturers and producers
- Manufacturing and production methods
- Types of operations
- Techniques for process improvement
- Design for supply chain management
- Summary
- Quiz
- 6. Chapter 6: logistics
- The basic function of logistics
- Considerations for logistics strategy
- Primary logistics activities
- Reverse logistics
- Summary
- Quiz
- 7. Chapter 7: supply chain risks
- Necessity for risk management
- Risk defined
- Supply chain risk management process
- Steps in a supply chain risk management process
- Identify sources of risk
- Assess and categorize risks
- Components of supply chain risk management
- Implement and monitor
- Examples of supply chain events and consequences
- Summary
- Quiz
- 8. Chapter 8: supply chain performance metrics
- The importance of performance metrics
- Measures, metrics, and kpis
- Performance targets
- Characteristics of a good metric
- Supplier performance metrics
- Supply chain performance metrics
- Essential characteristics of supply chain metrics
- Take action
- Impediments to integrated supply chain metrics
- Technology as a facilitator
- Enhancing the value of supply chain performance metrics
- Summary
- Quiz
- 9. Chapter 9: corporate social responsibility
- Csr background
- Sustainability
- Primary csr obligations
- Perspectives for and against csr
- Customers and csr
- Csr in supply chain management
- Summary
- Quiz
- 10. Chapter 10: the future of supply chain management
- Rethinking supply chain management
- Globalization
- The transformation of supply management
- Past perspectives on challenges ahead
- Perspectives on the future of scm
- Opportunities for the future
- Quiz
- A. Final exam
- B. Answers to quizzes and final exam
- C. Appendix: additional case studies
- Chapter 3 additional case studies
- Chapter 4 additional case studies
- Chapter 6 additional case study
- Chapter 8 additional case study
- D. Suggested additional reading and information resources
- Textbooks
- Professional trade books
- Internet information resources.