Managing Supply Chain and Logistics

Competitive Strategy for a Sustainable Future

Managing Supply Chain and Logistics: Competitive Strategy for a Sustainable Future explores practical ways of investing in a sustainable future through real-world cases which demonstrate various supply chain management strategies and tactics. By applying viable value creation strategies, operational models, decision-making techniques, and information technology, the author provides in-depth analyses of new initiatives such as collaborative planning, forecasting, and replenishment (CPFR); demonstrates competitive approaches to managing flows of material, information and fund in supply chain; and illustrates creative methods to apply data science and business intelligence. This book also promotes cross-functional decision-making, problem solving skills and offers a feasible approach to managing a volatile business. Readers will find this book a valuable resource to solve supply chain management practical problems with a sustainable future in mind.

Contents:

• Part 1: Strategic Issues and Supply Chain Design:

  • Supply Chain Management and Strategy
  • The Right Design of a Supply Chain

• Part 2: Purchasing, Procurement, and Supply Relationships:

  • Purchasing and Procurement
  • Choosing the Right Supply Chain Partner

• Part 3: Demand and Supply Integration in Supply Chain:

  • Demand Management and Customer Order Forecast
  • Transforming Demand: Planning on Supply Flow
  • Managing Material Flow and Inventory in the Supply Chain

• Part 4: Logisitcs Network Design and Transportation:

  • Logistics Network Design and Distribution
  • Transportation Service and Distribution Systems

• Part 5: Emerging Issues in Supply Chain:

  • Emerging Issues in Supply Chain Management
  • Information Flow and Big Data Science in Supply Chain Management

• Part 6: Supply Chain Performance and Evaluation:

  • Performance Measures: From Order Winning to Order Fulfillment

Readership: Business and management undergraduate and postgraduates, MBA students, supply chain and logistics professionals and managers.
Key Features:

• Broad global perspective on investing in a sustainable future
• Balanced, feasible approach to measure success and failure of supply chain strategies and models
• Case-based industry practice analysis using both theoretical approaches and quantitative methods