The book presents a comprehensive picture of state of the art within Supply Chain Management. It has a strategic focus and advocates a contingency approach to supply chain integration.
Birgit Dam Jespersen is logistics manager in Coloplast A/S. She has a background from IBM BCS (former PwC Consulting) as a consultant, and from Danapak A/S where she as Corporate Logistics and SCM manager developed and implemented SCM. Birgit Dam Jespersen holds a master in Supply Chain Management and a Bachelor in Organisation and Strategy both from Copenhagen Business School. She is global advisor (Roundtables) for Council of Supply Chain Management professionals (former Council of Logistics Management).
Tage Skjøtt-Larsen, Ph.D., is Professor of Supply Chain Management at Copenhagen Business School, Department of Operations Management, Denmark. He has published several books in supply chain management including Managing the Global Supply Chain in 2001 (with Professor Philip B. Schary) and a number of articles in international journals. He is member of the Research & Development Committee of European Logistics Association. He is coordinator of a Master of Science programme in Supply Chain Management.