Supply Chain Management 2nd Edition

Part I 
Building Strategic Framework To Analyze Supply Chains

1. Understanding the Supply Chain

2. Supply Chain Performance : Achieving Strategic Fit and Scope

3. Supply Chain Drivers and Obstacles

Part II 
Designing The Supply Chain Network

4. Designing the Distribution Network in a Supply Chain

5. Network Design in the Supply Chain

6. Network Design in an Uncertain Environment

Part III 
Planning Demand And Supply In A Supply Chain

7. Demand Forecasting in a Supply Chain

8. Aggregate Planning in the Supply Chain

9. Planning Supply and Demand in the Supply Chain : Managing Predictable
Variability

Part IV 
Planning And Managing Inventories In A Supply Chain

10. Managing Economies of Scale in the Supply Chain : Cycle Inventory

11. Managing Uncertainty in the Supply Chain : Safety Inventory

12. Determining Optimal Level of Product Availability

Part V 
Sourcing, Transporting, And Pricing Products

13. Sourcing Decisions in a Supply Chain

14. Transportation in the Supply Chain

15. Pricing and Revenue Management in the Supply Chain

Part VI 
Coordination And Technology In The Supply Chain

16. Coordination in the Supply Chain

17. Information Technology and the Supply Chain

18. E-Business and the Supply Chain

Index

The main objective of this compact and highly readable text is to enable the students to understand the strategic importance of good supply chain design, planning and operation for every firm. It explains in detail how good Supply Chain Management adds to a firm's competitive advantage while weaknesses in the supply chain adversely affect the performance of the firm. Utilizing a strategic framework, the text identifies the key drivers of supply chain performance (facilities, inventory, and transportation) and shows how they can be used on a conceptual level to improve performance. The text also provides an understanding of the analytic methodologies for supply chain analysis. It lays special emphasis on designing distribution networks; the sourcing decisions within a supply chain; the role of pricing and revenue management in improving profits from a given set of supply chain assets, and the significance of information technology on supply chain.