Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Planning, and Operation – by Chopra Sunil, Meindl Peter (2014)

Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Planning, and Operation 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 of the key drivers of supply chain performance, including facilities, inventory, transportation, information, sourcing, and pricing. The 6th Edition weaves in compelling case study examples to illustrate how good supply chain management offers a competitive advantage and how poor supply chain management can damage an organization’s performance. With this text, students gain a deeper understanding of supply chains and a firm grasp on the practical managerial levers that can improve supply chain performance.

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Table of Contents

PART I: BUILDING A STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK TO ANALYZE SUPPLY CHAINS

1. Understanding the Supply Chain

2. Supply Chain Performance: Achieving Strategic Fit and Scope

3. Supply Chain Drivers and Metrics

PART II: DESIGNING THE SUPPLY CHAIN NETWORK

4. Designing Distribution Networks and Applications to Online Sales

5. Network Design in the Supply Chain

6. Designing Global Supply Chain Networks

PART III: PLANNING AND COORDINATING DEMAND AND SUPPLY IN A SUPPLY CHAIN

7. Demand Forecasting in a Supply Chain

8. Aggregate Planning in a Supply Chain

9. Sales and Operations Planning in a Supply Chain

10. Coordination in a Supply Chain

PART IV: PLANNING AND MANAGING INVENTORIES IN A SUPPLY CHAIN

11. Managing Economies of Scale in a Supply Chain: Cycle Inventory

12. Managing Uncertainty in a Supply Chain: Safety Inventory

13. Linking Product Availability to Profits

PART V: DESIGNING AND PLANNING TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS

14. Transportation in a Supply Chain

PART VI: MANAGING CROSS FUNCTIONAL DRIVERS IN A SUPPLY CHAIN

15. Sourcing Decisions in a Supply Chain
16. Pricing and Revenue Management in a Supply Chain
17. Sustainability and the Supply Chain

PART VII: ONLINE CHAPTER

A. Information Technology in a Supply Chain

 

Product details

  • Publisher : Pearson; 6th edition (December 24, 2014)
  • Language : English
  • Hardcover : 516 pages
  • ISBN-10 : 0133800202
  • ISBN-13 : 978-0133800203
  • Item Weight : 2.18 pounds
  • Dimensions : 8.2 x 1.4 x 10.3 inches

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