Supply Chain Design and Management: Concepts, Strategies, and Case Studies

Author: (USA) David
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Publish Date: 2004-09-01
Features: This book is a supply chain management textbook aimed at students in management and engineering programs. It has made significant contributions to the field of supply chain management and serves as a milestone in its development. Unlike other textbooks on supply chain management, this book does not delve excessively into technical issues. Instead, it comprehensively covers supply chain topics with sufficient depth and breadth, and highlights the main challenges in this field. The authors are experts in both academia and industry, with years of experience in supply chain research, consulting, and software development. The book includes numerous classic and new case studies, covering technical aspects of inventory management, network design, and strategic partnerships, among others. Each chapter is self-contained, allowing instructors to select chapters based on class time and requirements. Additionally, the authors creatively use two games to stimulate students' interest and demonstrate challenging themes in supply chain management. This book is suitable for use as a textbook and reference for undergraduate, graduate, MBA students, as well as corporate supply chain management professionals.