"Supply Chain Science" describes the collection of people, resources, and activities involved in bringing materials and information together to produce and deliver goods and services to customers. Through illustrations and analogies to everyday life, the text presents the key concepts that underlie the behavior of operations systems in a largely non-mathematical way. The goal of "SCS" is to pro…
For undergraduate or MBA courses in Supply Chain Management. This text takes a strategic, managerial, and cross-functional view of supply chain management, enabling managers to participate in the vision and implementation of world-class supply chain networks. To achieve this, the book introduces a Supply Chain Roadmap process model as a guiding framework for designing and implementing integrate…
A concise, applied and strategic introduction to the subject of logistics and supply chain management, perfect for modern managers and students of logistics and supply chain management. Logistics and supply chain management continue to transform the competitive landscape and have become one of today's key business issue. This third edition of Logistics Management and Strategy continues to take …
This reference provides procurement professionals with the process, practical real-world tactics, and guidance needed to design and develop a supply market intelligence program that will integrate with existing procurement team structures and processes, and deliver significant value to an organization as a whole. The authors clearly explain each of the concepts introduced and then provide the b…
The Procurement Game Plan offers the guidance needed to take the career and the department of the procurement professional to progressively higher levels. It provides easy to follow strategies for improving supplier relationships, securing measurable cost reductions, achieving operational excellence, and improving margins and competitiveness. Key Features: - Provides valuable insights int…
Highlight the latest practices, trends, and developments from the field as PRINCIPLES OF SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT: A BALANCED APPROACH, 5th Edition progresses step by step through the management of all supply chain activities. Timely content addresses real-world concerns related to domestic and global supply chains. Comprehensive, one of a kind coverage follows the natural flow through the suppl…
This detailed resource provides a stage by stage production methodology within the life cycle of a product to ensure environmental compliance and economic goals. After covering basic concepts and background, Green Supply Chain Management: Product Life Cycle Approach discusses green engineering technologies, green value chain management, and green information management systems. The book deli…
The Fourth Edition of Supply Chain Logistics Management presents Logistics in the context of integration within a firm's Supply Chain Strategy and Operations. The framework of Supply Chain Management is initially presented thereby creating a foundation for in depth study of the five logistics operational components in Part Two. Challenges and strategies related to design and operational integra…
Resourceful companies today must successfully manage the entire supply flow, from the sources of the firm, through the value added processes of the firm, and on to the customers of the firm. The fourteenth edition of Operations and Supply Chain Management provides well balanced coverage of managing people and applying sophisticated technology to operations and supply chain management. Connec…
This book is unique among introductory texts because it provides substantial coverage of the major operations management (OM)topics and tools, and it extends the coverage to include core supply chain management (SCM) issues. The second edition now includes three chapters not included in other introductory OM texts. In addition to new and updated contents the book now includes a feature that all…