Guide to supply chain management
By: David Jacoby.
Publisher: Bloomberg Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 272
ISBN-13: 9781576603451
Subjects: Business logistics; Industrial procurement -- Management
Description: "Globalization, technology, and an increasingly competitive business environment have encouraged huge changes in supply chain management, the art of sourcing components and delivering finished goods to the customer as cost effectively and efficiently as possible. This guide explores the different aspects of supply chain management and gives hundreds of real life examples of what firms have achieved"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: A historical perspective on industry, trade and transport; title: The bullwhip problem; title: What supply chain management is and where it is going; title: Why CEOs need supply chain management today; title: Setting the right supply chain strategy; title: Rationalisation : competing on low cost; title: Synchronisation : competing on reliability; title: Customisation : competing on customer intimacy; title: Innovation : competing on revitalisation; title: Organising, training and developing staff; title: Leveraging information technology; title: Measuring success; title: Challenges for the future.