Essentials of Supply Chain Management

Author: Yu Gosi
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: The process of designing, manufacturing, and delivering products to customers is collectively referred to as supply chain management. The concept of supply chain management was widely adopted in manufacturing management upon its introduction in the late 1980s. In recent years, with the emergence of global manufacturing, it has become a new management model and a source of competitive advantage, attracting widespread attention. Essentials of Supply Chain Management maintains a rigorous academic style while using clear language to elaborate on the essence of supply chain management in a detailed and vivid manner. The book employs numerous sidebars, new and real-world cases, and charts to help readers easily understand what supply chain management is, its new concepts and technologies, and how to apply it more effectively in practice. What makes it particularly valuable is that author Mr. Yu Gosi organizes the complex matters of supply chain management into a concise universal framework, covering theory and practice, operations and performance evaluation, concepts and execution, all in a consistent and highly practical manner. In summary, learners and practitioners new to supply chain management can use this book to obtain an accurate "roadmap" for mastering it, while experienced supply chain managers can leverage it to find the best "starting point" for deeper exploration.