Supply chain management
Subtitle: strategy, planning, and operation
By: Sunil Chopra, Peter Meindl, Dharam Vir Kalra
Contributors: Meindl, Peter, 1970-; Kalra, Dharam Vir
Edition: Fifth adapted edition.
Publisher: Pearson
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Delhi
Language: eng
Number of pages: 557
ISBN-13: 9788131789209
Subjects: Marketing channels; Management; Delivery of goods; Physical distribution of goods; Customer services; Industrial procurement; Materials management; Circuits de distribution; Gestion; Livraison de marchandises; Distribution (Économie politique); Service à la clientèle; Approvisionnement dans l'entreprise; Gestion de l'approvisionnement
Description: Supply Chain Management illustrates the key drivers of good supply chain management in order to help students understand what creates a competitive advantage. This text also provides strong coverage of analytic skills so students can gauge the effectiveness of the techniques described in the text.
Notes: Includes index.

"Indian subcontinent adaptation"--Title page verso

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: pt. I. Building a strategic framework to analyze supply chains. Understanding the supply chain; title: Supply chain performance : achieving strategic fit and scope; title: Supply chain drivers and metrics. pt. II. Designing the supply chain network. Designing distribution networks and applications to online sales; title: Network design in the supply chain; title: Designing global supply chain networks. pt. III. Planning and coordinating demand and supply in a supply chain. Demand forecasting in a supply chain; title: Aggregate planning in a supply chain; title: Sales and operations planning : planning supply and demand in a supply chain; title: Coordination in a supply chain. pt. IV. Planning and managing inventories in a supply chain. Managing economies of scale in a supply chain : cycle inventory; title: Managing uncertainty in a supply chain : safety inventory; title: Determining the optimal level of product availability. pt. V. Designing and planning transportation networks. Transportation in a supply chain; title: Sourcing decisions in a supply chain; title: Pricing and revenue management in a supply chain; title: Information technology in a cupply chain; title: Sustainability and the supply chain.