Supply Chain Management Strategy, Planning and Operations: Strategy, Planning and Operation

by Chopra, Sunil; Meindl, Peter

• ISBN13: 9780130264657
• ISBN10: 0130264652
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-10-01
• Publisher: PRENTICE HALL

Summary

For 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.

Table of Contents

PART ONE: BUILDING A STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK TO ANALYZE SUPPLY CHAINS	1	(65)
Understanding the Supply Chain	3	(22)
Supply Chain Performance: Achieving Strategic Fit and Scope	25	(24)
Supply Chain Drivers and Obstacles	49	(16)
PART TWO: PLANNING DEMAND AND SUPPLY IN A SUPPLY CHAIN	65	(70)
Demand Forecasting in a Supply Chain	67	(34)
Aggregate Planning in a Supply Chain	101	(20)
Planning Supply and Demand in a Supply Chain: Managing Predictable Variability	121	(14)
PART THREE: PLANNING AND MANAGING INVENTORIES IN A SUPPLY CHAIN	135	(124)
Managing Economies of Scale in a Supply Chain: Cycle Inventory	137	(42)
Managing Uncertainty in a Supply Chain: Safety Inventory	179	(42)
Determining Optimal Level of Product Availability	221	(38)
PART FOUR: TRANSPORTATION, NETWORK DESIGN, AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN A SUPPLY CHAIN	259	(98)
Transportation in a Supply Chain	261	(42)
Facility Decisions: Network Design in a Supply Chain	303	(32)
Information Technology in a Supply Chain	335	(22)
PART FIVE: COORDINATING A SUPPLY CHAIN AND THE ROLE OF E-BUSINESS	357	(62)
Coordination in a Supply Chain	359	(32)
E-Business and the Supply Chain	391	(28)
PART SIX: FINANCIAL FACTORS INFLUENCING SUPPLY CHAIN DECISIONS	419	(30)
Financial Evaluation of Supply Chain Decisions	421	(28)
Name Index	449	(2)
Subject Index	451