• Illustrates the key drivers for managing the supply chain competitively and help students understand what creates a competitive advantage
• Provides a strong coverage of analytic skills so that students can measure the effectiveness of the techniques described
• Explores Supply Chain Drivers and Metrics
• Discusses designing Distribution Networks and Applications to e-Business
• Discusses Network Design in the Supply Chain
• Hows how to design Global Supply Chain Networks
• Uses case studies to illustrate how companies are successfully using the key drivers of a supply chain, providing students with practical, managerial concepts
• Includes a case on Seven-Eleven Japan, and demonstrates how the company uses different drivers to improve performance of supply chain
• This text is based on a strategic framework that identifies facilities, inventory, transportation, information, sourcing and prices as the main driver of supply chain performance
• The strategic framework and concepts discussed in the text are linked by a series of examples that show how a combination of concepts is necessary to achieve significant increases in performance.
• Increased Focus on Global Supply Chains

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 Availability

PART V. DESIGNING AND PLANNING TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS

• Transportation in a Supply Chain

PART VI. MANAGING CROSS-FUNCTIONAL DRIVERS IN A SUPPLY CHAIN

• Sourcing Decisions in a Supply Chain
• Pricing and Revenue Management in a Supply Chain
• Information Technology in a Supply Chain
• Coordination in a Supply Chain

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