Supply chain management : strategy, planning, and operation

Chopra, Sunil,

Supply chain management : strategy, planning, and operation - Sixth Edition. - Boston : Pearson, [2016] - 528 pages

"Global edition"--cover.
Includes index

Preface -- 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 -- Designing the supply chain network -- Designing distribution networks and applications to online sales -- Network design in the supply chain -- Designing global supply chain networks -- Demand forecasting in a supply chain -- Aggregate planning in a supply chain -- Sales and operations planning : planning supply and demand in a supply chain -- Coordination in a supply chain -- 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 -- Transportation in a supply chain -- Managing cross-functional drivers in a supply chain -- Sourcing decisions in a supply chain -- Pricing and revenue management in a supply chain -- Sustainability and the supply chain -- Discussion questions -- Bibliography -- Subject index.


Illustrating the key drivers in effective supply chain management, this book outlines the main concepts so that students may understand what creates a competitive advantage. This text also provides strong coverage of analytic skills so students can gauge the effectiveness of the techniques described in the text.

9781292093567 1292093560


Marketing channels
Delivery of goods
Physical distribution of goods
Customer services
Industrial procurement.
Materials management.

658.7 / CHO

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