Supply Chain Management

Supply chain management is the management of a network of interconnected businesses involved in the ultimate provision of product and service packages required by end customers. It spans all movement and storage of raw materials, work-in-process inventory, and finished goods from point of origin to point of consumption. It is one of the most complex and difficult activities in today's business environment. The present book explores the knowledge, techniques, and strategies necessary to create value, and achieve competitive advantage from your supply chain. It establishes a new standard for building a low-maintenance, high-performance supply chain. This authoritative, all-in-one guidebook for creating value and competitive advantage for each core supply chain process-plan, source, make, deliver, and return will help readers to understand the core disciplines that arise from best practices and advanced systems in supply chain management. Supply chain management is the management of a network of interconnected businesses involved in the ultimate provision of product and service packages required by end customers. It spans all movement and storage of raw materials, work-in-process inventory, and finished goods from point of origin to point of consumption. It is one of the most complex and difficult activities in today's business environment. The present book explores the knowledge, techniques, and strategies necessary to create value, and achieve competitive advantage from your supply chain. It establishes a new standard for building a low-maintenance, high-performance supply chain. This authoritative, all-in-one guidebook for creating value and competitive advantage for each core supply chain process-plan, source, make, deliver, and return will help readers to understand the core disciplines that arise from best practices and advanced systems in supply chain management.