Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Planning, and OperationFor advanced undergraduate and MBA courses in Supply Chain Management. This text brings together the strategic role of the supply chain, key managerial concepts in supply chain management, and the tools and techniques for supply chain design and planning. Every chapter gives suggestions that managers can use in practice. *The strategic importance of good supply chain design and management for every firm. *Helps students visualize how good supply chain design and management can be a competitive advantage for a firm, and understand how weaknesses in supply chain design and management can hurt the firm. *Presents methods (called levers and drivers) that are available when designing and managing a supply chain are described - Clearly spells out how these drivers may be used at the supply chain design, planning, and operation stages to improve performance. *Logistics and supply chain tools and techniques - Stresses the managerial context in which the tools are used and the managerial levers for improvement that they support. *Extensive use of Excel - To illustrate all methodologies. *Discussion of e-commerce and information technology - In the context of supply chain management. *Many s |
Contents
BUILDING A STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK TO ANALYZE | 1 |
Achieving Strategic Fit and Scope | 25 |
Supply Chain Drivers and Obstacles | 49 |
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Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Planning, and Operation Sunil Chopra,Peter Meindl No preview available - 2004 |
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7-Eleven aggregate plan average Benetton Best Buy bullwhip effect capacity Chapter competitive strategy component coordination customer order cycle inventory cycle service level decrease delivery discussed distributor e-business Equation ERP systems evaluate example expected profit facilities factors fill rate firm fixed cost flexibility given Grainger holding cost impact increase incurred Internet inventory costs L.L. Bean lead level of product lot sizes manufacturer margin maximize McMaster-Carr normally distributed on-line operational optimal option order cost Palm Pilots percent period plant product availability purchase push processes quantity discounts Red Tomato reduce responsiveness result retail stores revenue safety inventory season selling shipments shipped shown in Table stages standard deviation stockout strategic fit suppliers supply chain decisions supply chain managers supply chain network supply chain profits supply chain strategy tion tomer transportation cost truck units variability Wal-Mart warehouse Webvan
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Production Planning by Mixed Integer Programming Yves Pochet,Laurence A. Wolsey No preview available - 2006 |