Global supply chain ecosystems
Subtitle: strategies for competitive advantage in a complex world
By: Mark Millar
Publisher: Kogan Page
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 274
ISBN-13: 9780749471583
Subjects: Business logistics
Description: "With increased globalization, off-shoring, and outsourcing, global supply chain management is becoming an important issue for many businesses. Global supply chain management shares some of the main concerns of traditional supply chain management, such as lowering the costs of procurement and decreasing the risks related to purchasing activities. It also has the additional challenge of involving a company's worldwide interests and suppliers, covering numerous organizations across several countries, borders, time zones, cultures, and languages. Global Supply Chain Ecosystems explores the latest market trends and industry developments across emerging, developing, and developed markets. Author Mark Millar presents practical insights that will help companies capitalize on market opportunities, overcome supply chain challenges, and make better informed business decisions. In addition to highlighting key supply chain shifts such as the move beyond globalization back towards regionalization, the book explains several critical aspects of global supply chain ecosystems, including visibility, risk, resilience, sustainability, and collaboration"--

"Twenty-first-century supply chains have evolved into world-wide inter-connected supply-and-demand networks comprising vastly more complex operations, with profound inter-dependencies and exposure to greater volatility in our uncertain world. The linear concept of a chain is therefore no longer adequate to describe these complex international networks of suppliers, stakeholders, partners, regulators and customers that are involved in ensuring the efficient and effective movement of products, services, information and funds around the world - we are firmly in the era of Global Supply Chain Ecosystems. Exploring the latest market trends and industry developments across emerging, developing and developed markets, in Global Supply Chain Ecosystems industry leader Mark Millar presents detailed and practical insights that will help you capitalise on market opportunities, overcome supply chain challenges and make better informed business decisions. In addition to highlighting key supply chain shifts such as the move beyond globalisation back towards regionalisation, this ground-breaking new publication explores several critical aspects of global supply chain ecosystems - including visibility, resilience, sustainability and collaboration"--
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-263) and index.
Table of contents: title: About the author; title: Publisher's acknowledgements; title: Author's acknowledgements; title: 01 Global supply chain ecosystems; title: Introduction; title: Supply chain management has become strategic; title: Supply chains have become increasingly complex; title: Global supply chains for a connected world; title: Summary; title: 02 Supply chain visibility; title: An introduction to supply chain visibility; title: what, why, where and how; title: Supply chain visibility is about 'connecting the right dots'; title: Technology; title: friend or foe?; title: What do we mean by IT systems in supply chains?; title: Commitment to integration is essential; title: Case study: How technology enables supply chain visibility; title: 03 Sustainability and green supply chains; title: Positive environmental strategies for a sustainable supply chain; title: Drivers of a green supply chain; title: Practical steps to a green supply chain; title: Who can apply green supply chain and logistics programmes?; title: Educating staff on environmental awareness; title: Industry leadership; title: Case study: Green supply chains depend upon accurate and complete data collection and analysis; title: 04 Risk and supply chain resilience; title: Risk; title: building supply chain resilience for competitive advantage; title: Evaluating the potential for risks in the supply chain; title: Types of risk; title: Prevention vs preparedness; title: Features of a resilient supply chain ecosystem; title: Building supply chain resilience; title: Case study: Examples of supply chain risks and contingency planning; title: 05 Free trade for all; title: navigating the FTA landscape; title: Free trade agreements; title: economic necessity or political minefield?; title: Who's who in free trade?; title: International support for FTAs; title: A valuable South-east Asia perspective; title: What's gone wrong with the WTO's mission?; title: What now for the WTO and FTAs?; title: Can trade barriers be justified?; title: Tariff engineering, the new supply chain discipline; title: Critical factors when considering location; title: Case study: Best practices in effective customs duty management; title: 06 The Asian Era; title: The workers have become the shoppers; title: The Asian Era is here and now!; title: China at the crossroads?; title: The rising stars of ASEAN; title: Case study: Myanmar enters the world of global trade; title: 07 The New Silk Road connecting Europe and Asia; title: An historic trade route revived for the 21st century; title: Deep-sea ocean freight; title: Will economic shifts boost the New Silk Road?; title: Asia-Europe by road transport; title: Governmental and organizational investment and support; title: Barriers to Silk Road trade; title: Case study: China's $40 billion Silk Road Fund; title: 08 Integrated logistics hubs; title: Integrated logistics hubs enable global supply chain ecosystems; title: Container ports as transit hubs; title: Integrated logistics hubs; title: leading examples; title: Logistics service providers connect the dots; title: Case study: SME freight forwarders connect integrated logistics hubs via membership networks; title: 09 Human Capital; title: the talent pool; title: Human capital; title: the fuel that drives supply chain ecosystems; title: Talent shortages in emerging markets; title: Human resource challenges and opportunities in developed economies; title: Make training and development pay at all levels; title: The changing labour market; title: Case study: Gender diversity in supply chain and logistics; title: 10 Omni-channel supply chains; title: The brave new world of omni-channel supply chains; title: What drives the e-commerce revolution?; title: Old and the new; title: from traditional retailers to new technology-enabled entrants; title: Supply chain impact of omni-channel?; title: Case study: The Amazon phenomenon; title: internet business or logistics company?; title: 11 Africa; title: is it the next Asia?; title: What future for Africa by 2050?; title: Diverse and complex; title: Logistics developments and the supply chain challenge; title: Nigeria; title: Africa's largest and most populous economy; title: Case study: Walvis Bay Corridor set to make Namibia a leading logistics hub; title: 12 Supply chain innovation; title: Future considerations for global supply chain ecosystems; title: Technology developments impacting supply chains; title: Inland container port developments expand the ecosystems; title: Game-changing infrastructure developments could transform trade flows; title: Case study: Innovative port solution for ocean freight supply chains; title: References; title: Index.