ABSTRACT

The latest book from a successful author team, this essential handbook provides the basic concepts, tools and techniques to support a supply chain excellence initiative.

The book shows how to add value to an organisation through the optimum use of resources and supply chain elements and through the provision of improved customer satisfaction. Resources are defined as all available resources, whether owned or borrowed along the complete supply chain, from the supplier's supplier, through to the customer's customer.

Specific supply chain issues and opportunities related to service industries, e-Supply Chain and emerging markets like India are key features of this book.

part |2 pages

Part 1 Introduction

part |2 pages

Part 2 Building Blocks of Supply Chain

chapter 4|14 pages

Customer focus and demand

chapter 5|15 pages

Resource and capacity management

chapter 6|18 pages

Procurement and supplier focus

chapter 7|13 pages

Inventory management

chapter 8|13 pages

Operations management in the supply chain

chapter 9|27 pages

Distribution management

part |2 pages

Part 3 New Demands and Trends

chapter 11|17 pages

Supply chain in emerging markets

chapter 12|18 pages

e-Supply chain

chapter 13|30 pages

Lean and agile supply chain

chapter 14|16 pages

Retail supply chain

chapter 15|13 pages

Green supply chain

chapter 16|21 pages

Supply chain for major projects

part |2 pages

Part 4 Integrating Supply Chain Management

chapter 17|32 pages

Systems and procedures

chapter 18|22 pages

Sales and operations planning

chapter 19|23 pages

Supply chain performance

chapter 20|16 pages

Case study examples