For courses in supply chain management and logistics. Supply Chain Management merges concepts and strategies with practical tools for solving supply chain problems. Using a strategic framework, it assesses key drivers of supply chain performance such as inventory and sourcing. Quantitative ideas are presented in spreadsheets to help students apply analytic methodologies.
The 8th Edition includes dozens of new examples and learning objectives, plus two new chapters covering supply chain segmentation, tailoring, resilience and disruption risk.
PART I: BUILDING A STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK TO ANALYZE SUPPLY CHAIN
Understanding the Supply Chain
Achieving Strategic Fit in a Supply Chain
Supply Chain Drivers and Financial Performance
PART II: DESIGNING THE SUPPLY CHAIN NETWORK
Network Design in the Supply Chain
Building and Evaluating Optionality in Global Supply Chain Networks
PART III: PLANNING AND COORDINATING DEMAND AND SUPPLY IN A SUPPLY CHAIN
Demand Forecasting in a Supply Chain
Planning Supply in a Supply Chain: Aggregate Planning
Sales and Operations Planning in a Supply Chain
Coordination in a Supply Chain
PART IV: PLANNING AND MANAGING INVENTORIES IN A SUPPLY CHAIN
Managing Economies of Scale in a Supply Chain: Cycle Inventory
Managing Uncertainty in a Supply Chain: Safety Inventory
Growing Supply Chain Profits Using Product Availability
PART V: DESIGNING AND PLANNING TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS
Transportation in a Supply Chain
PART VI: MANAGING CROSS-FUNCTIONAL DRIVERS IN A SUPPLY CHAIN
Sourcing Decisions in a Supply Chain
Information Technology in a Supply Chain
Pricing and Revenue Management in a Supply Chain
Sustainability and the Supply Chain
Segmentation and Tailoring of Supply Chains
Building Resilience to Disruption in Supply Chains
