Designing and Implementing Global Supply Chain Management

Business practices are constantly evolving in order to meet growing customer demands. By implementing fresh procedures through the use of new technologies, organizations are able to remain competitive and meet the expectations of their customers. Designing and Implementing Global Supply Chain Management examines how various organizations have re-engineered their business processes in an effort to accommodate new innovations and remain relevant in a highly competitive global marketplace. Highlighting the creation of integrated supply chains and the emergence of virtual business communities, this publication is an appropriate reference source for students, researchers, and practitioners interested in trending approaches to external business functions used to efficiently respond to growing customer demands.

Sudhanshu Joshi is an Assistant Professor (Finance and Operations & Supply Chain) at Doon University, India. He has obtained his Ph.D in Management, on ""e-SCM Practices in Manufacturing and Service Industry in India"". He is a Gold Medalist and the university topper in his MCA, MSc (Computer Science) and MBA in Business Finance, respectively. He has 12 years of experience in research, industry and academics. His areas of interest in consulting and teaching assignments include Supply Chain Risk Management, Technology Management, E-Logistics and Servitization. He has participated and presented his research work in many international and national conferences. He has authored five books on Strategic Management and Supply Chain Management He has published papers in refereed journals He is in the reviews' list of many prestigious international journals including Journal of Management Development, International Journal of Information Systems and Supply Chain Management (IJISSCM) and Asia-Pacific Journal of Business Administration.

Rohit Joshi is an Assistant Professor (Operations and Supply Chain) at IIM Shillong. He is a Fulbright fellow. He has done his Postdoctoral Research work at UCLA, the University of California, Los Angeles, USA. He has obtained his Ph.D from Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi, on ""Select Issues of Agri-Supply Chain Management of Perishables in India"". He is a Gold Medalist and the university topper in his M.Tech (Industrial Engineering) and B.Tech (Production and Industrial Engineering), respectively. He has 16 years of experience in research, industry and academics. His areas of interest in consulting and teaching assignments include Operations management, Quality Management, Supply Chain Management, Business Statistics, Quantitative Techniques, Value-Engineering, Creative Problem Solving, and Information Technology (Java-based Web technologies, system modeling). He has participated and presented his research work in many international and national conferences. He has published papers in refereed journals such as Food control, Production Planning and Control, Expert Systems with Applications, British Food Journal, etc. He was the editor of IIMS Journal of Management Science (ISSN: 0976-030X). He is in the reviews' list of many prestigious international journals.