VIVEK SEHGAL is Senior Director of Research at Manhattan Associates, the world's foremost supply chain solutions company, with over 1,200 customers, including seventeen of AMR's Top 50 supply chains, and forty-three of the top 100 retailers. Prior to working with Manhattan Associates, Vivek worked for Fortune 20 companies like The Home Depot and GE in various leadership roles in their supply chain technology groups. He is a current member of the Science Advisory Board at Manhattan Associates, working with the industry to define new optimization opportunities in supply chain solutions.

Preface	p. xi
Acknowledgments	p. xv
Introduction	p. 1
What is a Supply Chain?	p. 3
Definitions	p. 3
Physical Manifestation of a Supply Chain	p. 5
Elements of a Supply Chain Model	p. 7
Summary	p. 11
Scope of the Supply Chain	p. 13
Core Supply Chain Functions	p. 13
Extended Supply Chain Functions	p. 14
Supply Chain: Planning versus Execution	p. 14
Overview of the Supply Chain Landscape	p. 17
Summary	p. 21
Supply Chain Planning	p. 23
Supply Chain Network Design	p. 25
Inputs and Outputs of the Supply Chain Network Design Process	p. 26
Related Subprocesses	p. 28
Summary	p. 30
Demand Planning	p. 31
Demand Forecasting	p. 32
Allocation Planning	p. 38
Summary	p. 41
Supply Planning	p. 43
Inventory Planning	p. 43
Replenishment Planning	p. 53
Production Planning	p. 60
Logistics Capacity Planning	p. 67
Summary	p. 70
Supply Chain Execution	p. 73
Supply Management	p. 75
Strategic Sourcing	p. 75
Replenishment Execution	p. 84
Production Scheduling	p. 89
Supplier Performance Management	p. 91
Global Trade Management	p. 98
Summary	p. 101
Transportation Management	p. 103
Transportation Planning and Execution	p. 103
Freight Audit and Verification	p. 113
Fleet Management	p. 115
Summary	p. 117
Warehouse Management	p. 119
Inbound Warehouse Operations	p. 123
Outbound Warehouse Operations	p. 125
Warehouse Inventory Management	p. 129
Yard Management	p. 132
Warehouse Labor Management	p. 135
Slotting Optimization	p. 136
Billing Management and Cost Allocation	p. 138
Summary	p. 141
Reverse Logistics Management	p. 143
Returns Disposition Determination	p. 144
Logistics Planning and Execution for Returns	p. 145
Summary	p. 147
Supply Chain Collaboration	p. 149
Collaborative Processes	p. 151
Collaborative Planning Processes	p. 152
Collaborative Execution Processes	p. 153
Collaborative Performance Management	p. 155
Summary	p. 156
Supply Chain Technology	p. 157
ERP and Supply Chain Management	p. 157
Best-of-Breed versus ERP	p. 158
Software as a Service (SaaS) or License	p. 159
Considerations for Successful Supply Chain Technology Deployments	p. 163
Change Management	p. 167
RFID Technology	p. 173
RFID Adoption in the Industry	p. 174
Understanding Cross-docking	p. 177
Planned Cross-docking or Flow-through	p. 178
Opportunistic Cross-docking	p. 178
Evaluating Readiness	p. 179
Supply Chain and Finance: A Quick Primer	p. 183
Supply Chain Processes Reducing COGS	p. 184
Supply Chain Processes Increasing Asset Turnover	p. 185
How Green is your Supply Chain?	p. 187
Integrated Assortment Planning and Sourcing	p. 188
Sourcing and Supplier Selection: Manufacturing, Packaging, and Recycling	p. 188
Logistics and Distribution	p. 189
Total Landed Cost	p. 189
Depth of Supply Chain Models	p. 190
Carbon Cost Index	p. 190
Commonly Used EDI Transaction Codes	p. 193
Incoterms (International Commercial Terms)	p. 195
Index	p. 201
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