Synopsis
Supply Chain Management illustrates the key drivers of good supply chain management in order to help students understand what creates a competitive advantage.
Understanding the Supply Chain; Supply Chain Performance: Achieving Strategic Fit and Scope; Supply Chain Drivers and Metrics; Designing Distribution Networks and Applications to e-Business; 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; 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; Sourcing Decisions in a Supply Chain; Pricing and Revenue Management in a Supply Chain; Information Technology in a Supply Chain; Coordination in a Supply Chain
For anyone interested in learning the strategic importance of good supply chain design, planning, and operation for every firm.