Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Planning and Operations

Description The text employs a strategic framework that identifies and illustrates facilities, inventory, transportation, information, sourcing, and pricing as the key drivers of supply chain performance in order to help students understand what creates a competitive advantage. The strategic framework and concepts discussed in the text are tied together through a variety of examples that show how a combination of concepts is needed to achieve significant increases in performance. Global example boxes have been added throughout the text Case studies have been used in the book to explain and illustrate how companies are successfully using the key drivers of the supply chain Appendices in chapters help students understand supply chain concepts like safety inventory calculations and inventory cost consequences of variability demand Key points have been used in the chapters to summarize the important concepts studied Use of Indian examples like Jaipur Rugs, Asian Paints, OM Logistics, Simbhaoli Sugar, Subhiksha and Dr. Reddy's Laboratories NEW! Chapter 6 is focused on the design of global supply chain networks The discussion of globalization in Chapter 14 on sourcing has been expanded Part I: Building a Strategic Framework to Analyze Supply Chains Understanding the Supply Chain Supply Chain Performance: Achieving Strategic Fit and Scope Supply Chain Drivers and Metrics Part II: Designing the Supply Chain Network Designing Distribution Networks and Applications to e-Business Network Design in the Supply Chain Designing Global Supply Chain Networks Part III: Planning Demand and Supply in a Supply Chain Demand Forecasting in a Supply Chain Aggregate Planning in a Supply Chain Sales and Operations Planning: Planning Supply and Demand in a Supply Chain Part IV :Planning and Managing Inventories in a Supply Chain Managing Economies of Scale in a Supply Chain:Cycle Inventory Managing Uncertainty in a Supply Chain Safety Inventory Determining the Optimal Level of Product Av