Supply Chain Management (7th Edition)

Description

Supply Chain Management, 7e introduces high-level strategy and concepts while giving students the practical tools necessary to solve supply chain problems. Using a strategic framework, students are guided through all the key drivers of supply chain performance, including facilities, inventory, transportation, information, sourcing, and pricing. The Seventh Edition weaves in compelling case study examples to illustrate how good supply chain management oers a competitive advantage and how poor supply chain management can damage an organization’s performance. With this textbook, students gain a deeper understanding of supply chains and a rm grasp on the practical managerial levers that can improve supply chain performance.

Key Features

• Learning objectives help students understand what they need to take away from each chapter.
• The link between supply chain decisions and the financial performance of a firm has been developed in detail in Chapter 3.
• Concepts underlying the design of distribution networks are illustrated in the context of omni-channel retailing in Chapter 4.
• New mini-cases, examples, and exercises with a global focus have been added to help students apply the concepts and methodologies in the context of strategic decision-making for a business. Some of these examples in the Indian context include:
  • “GST—A Logistics Game Changer in India”, “Jaipur Rugs—Networking Tradition with Modernity,”
  • “Outsourcing Maintenance Repair and Operations (MRO) Service by the Indian Aviation Industry,”

Table of Contents

1.  Part I: building a strategic framework to analyze supply chains
   1. Chapter 1 understanding the supply chain
   2. Chapter 2 achieving strategic fit in a supply chain
   3. Chapter 3 supply chain drivers and metrics
2. Part II: designing the supply chain network
   1. Chapter 4 designing distribution networks and applications to omni-channel retailing
   2. Chapter 5 network design in the supply chain
   3. Chapter 6 designing global supply chain networks
3. Part III: planning and coordinating demand and supply in a supply chain
   1. Chapter 7 demand forecasting in a supply chain
   2. Chapter 8 aggregate planning in a supply chain
   3. Chapter 9 sales and operations planning in a supply chain
   4. Chapter 10 coordination in a supply chain
4. Part IV: planning and managing inventories in a supply chain
   1. Chapter 11 managing economies of scale in a supply chain cycle inventory
   2. Chapter 12 managing uncertainty in a supply chain safety inventory
   3. Chapter 13 linking product availability to profits
5. Part V: designing and planning transportation networks
   1. Chapter 14 transportation in a supply chain
6. Part VI: managing cross-functional drivers in a supply chain
   1. Chapter 15 sourcing decisions in a supply chain
   2. Chapter 16 pricing and revenue management in a supply chain
   3. Chapter 17 sustainability and the supply chain
7. Part VII: online chapter
   1. Chapter A: information technology in a supply chain