Supply Chain Management (SCM) was once a "pie in the sky" concept that could not be fully achieved. A key barrier was the cost of communicating with and coordinating among the many independent suppliers in each supply chain. SCM is possible because of three changes: technology has developed that simplifies communication, new management paradigms ha
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Basics of Supply Chain Management
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Table of contents
- Front Cover
- Contents
- Preface
- The Authors
- About APICS
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Management Basics
- 3. Performance Measures
- 4. Variance and Dependent Events
- 5. Basics of Quality Management
- 6. Operating Environments
- 7. Basics of Constraints Management
- 8. The Customer Linkage
- 9. Design and Managementof the Transformation
- 10. Planning, Controlling, and Improving the Supply Chain
- 11. The Synchronized Supply Chain
- 12. Partnering with Suppliers
- 13. Quality Management
- 14. Work Teams
- 15. Materials Management
- 16. Purchasing and Distribution
- 17. Information Technology and Supply Chain Management
- 18. Summary
- References and Further Readings
- Index
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