Supply Chain and Logistics Management
eBook - ePub

Supply Chain and Logistics Management

An Integrated Approach

  1. 356 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
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eBook - ePub

Supply Chain and Logistics Management

An Integrated Approach

About this book

This textbook discusses supply chain management and provides a comprehensive overview of all the key activities and issues of supply chain and logistics functions as an integrated discipline.

Taking a comprehensive approach, it reviews end-to-end supply chain management from procurement to production to warehousing, distribution and customer service. It explores how each interface can be managed with the ultimate objective of providing superior customer experience to ensure satisfaction at the least cost while delivering incremental value in a competitive environment.

This volume:

  • Guides on designing effective development and management of the supply chain network, which is an invaluable source of sustainable, competitive advantage in today's turbulent global marketplace
  • Examines the complexities and challenges of catering to the flexible and fluctuating customer demand, warehousing, channel distribution and transportation, global logistics value chain management, and performance management
  • Discusses short practical cases to explain the decision-making process with respect to manufacturing decisions and inventory for efficient working capital management, both of which are critical for supply chain performance
  • Explores performance management matrix, maturity models and so on

This book will be useful to students, researchers and faculty from the fields of business management, supply chain and logistics management, and mechanical and civil engineering. It will also be an invaluable companion to consultants and business executives working in the field of supply chain and logistics.

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Information

Year
2024
Print ISBN
9781032888002
eBook ISBN
9781040015018
Edition
1

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Endorsements
  3. Half Title
  4. Title
  5. Copyright
  6. Dedication
  7. Contents
  8. Detail Contents
  9. Lists of Figures
  10. List of Tables
  11. Foreword
  12. Preface
  13. Acknowledgements
  14. List of Abbreviations
  15. About the Author
  16. 1 Understanding the Supply Chain: The Core Concepts
  17. 2 Evolution of Integrated Supply Chain and Logistics Management
  18. 3 Demand Estimation in a Supply Chain
  19. 4 Warehousing and Distribution Management: Complexity and Challenges
  20. 5 Managing Inventory for Satisfying Customer Demand
  21. 6 Transportation
  22. 7 Total Logistics Cost Management for Competitive Advantage
  23. 8 Sustainable Transport Logistics and Supply Chain
  24. 9 Global Logistics Value Chain Management
  25. 10 Sourcing Decision in Global Supply Chain Management
  26. 11 Supply Chain Performance Management
  27. 12 Benchmarking Supply Chain Performance
  28. Index