Successful Strategies in Supply Chain Management

Supply chain management is a competitive strategy dealing with the flow of materials from supplier to consumer. Aimed at graduate students, this volume presents ten contributions from researchers discussing various analytical tools and techniques that help organizations to streamline their supply chain. Sample topics include the effect of different payment terms on order variability and the re- engineering of logistics activities for electronic commerce. The editors are affiliated with The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR