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Supply chain management : strategy, planning, and operation / Sunil Chopra, Peter Meindl.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Harlow, England : Pearson Education, 2016Edition: 6th ed.Description: 528 pages : illustrations (black and white) ; 26 cm.ISBN:
  • 9781292093567
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HF5415.13 .C533
Contents:
Part i : Building a strategic framework to analyze supply chains 1. Understanding the supply chain -- 2. Supply chain performance : achieving strategic fit and scope -- 3. Supply chain drivers and metrics -- -- Part ii : Designing the supply chain network -- 4. Designing distribution networks and applications to online sales -- 5. Network design in the supply chain -- 6. Designing global supply chain networks -- Part iii : Planning and coordinating demand and supply in a supply chain -- 7. Demand forecasting in a supply chain -- 8. Aggregate planning in a supply chain -- 9. Sales and operations planning : planning supply and demand in a supply chain -- 10. Coordination in a supply chain -- Part iv : planning and managing inventories in a supply chain -- 11. Managing economies of scale in a supply chain : cycle inventory -- 12. Managing uncertainty in a supply chain: safety inventory -- 13. Determining the optimal level of product availability -- Part v : Designing and planning transportation networks -- 14. Transportation in a supply chain -- Part vi: Managing cross-functional drivers in a supply chain -- 15. Sourcing decisions in a supply chain -- 16. Pricing and revenue management in a supply chain -- 17. Sustainability and the supply chain -- Part vii : Online chapter -- a. Information technology in a supply chain.
Summary: Illustrating the key drivers in effective supply chain management, this book outlines the main concepts so that students may 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. The Sixth Edition weaves in compelling case study examples, providing students with clear insight into how good supply chain management offers a competitive advantage. On the flip side, students also learn the dangers of poor supply chain management, and how it can damage an organization’s overall health and performance. Using a strategic framework, students are guided through all of the key drivers of supply chain performance, including facilities, inventory, transportation, information, sourcing, and pricing. By the end of the course, students will walk away with a deep understanding of supply chains and a firm grasp on the practical managerial levers to pull in order to improve supply chain performance.
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Part i : Building a strategic framework to analyze supply chains 1. Understanding the supply chain -- 2. Supply chain performance : achieving strategic fit and scope -- 3. Supply chain drivers and metrics -- -- Part ii : Designing the supply chain network -- 4. Designing distribution networks and applications to online sales -- 5. Network design in the supply chain -- 6. Designing global supply chain networks -- Part iii : Planning and coordinating demand and supply in a supply chain -- 7. Demand forecasting in a supply chain -- 8. Aggregate planning in a supply chain -- 9. Sales and operations planning : planning supply and demand in a supply chain -- 10. Coordination in a supply chain -- Part iv : planning and managing inventories in a supply chain -- 11. Managing economies of scale in a supply chain : cycle inventory -- 12. Managing uncertainty in a supply chain: safety inventory -- 13. Determining the optimal level of product availability -- Part v : Designing and planning transportation networks -- 14. Transportation in a supply chain -- Part vi: Managing cross-functional drivers in a supply chain -- 15. Sourcing decisions in a supply chain -- 16. Pricing and revenue management in a supply chain -- 17. Sustainability and the supply chain -- Part vii : Online chapter -- a. Information technology in a supply chain.

Illustrating the key drivers in effective supply chain management, this book outlines the main concepts so that students may 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.


The Sixth Edition weaves in compelling case study examples, providing students with clear insight into how good supply chain management offers a competitive advantage. On the flip side, students also learn the dangers of poor supply chain management, and how it can damage an organization’s overall health and performance.



Using a strategic framework, students are guided through all of the key drivers of supply chain performance, including facilities, inventory, transportation, information, sourcing, and pricing. By the end of the course, students will walk away with a deep understanding of supply chains and a firm grasp on the practical managerial levers to pull in order to improve supply chain performance.

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