Includes index.

Bibliography Case Study: Designing the Production Network at CoolWipes; Case Study: Managing a Merger at Lightning Networks; Chapter 6 Designing Global Supply Chain Networks; The Impact of Globalization on Supply Chain Networks; The Importance of Total Cost in Global Networks; Risk Management in Global Supply Chains; Evaluating Network Design Decisions using Decision Trees; To Onshore or To Offshore: The Value of Flexibility in a Supply Chain Under Uncertainty; Discussion Questions; Exercises; Bibliography; Case Study: BioPharma, Inc.; Case Study: Global Supply Design for the Future: Nokia.

TABLE OF CONTENTS :

PART 1. Building a Strategic Framework to Analyze Supply Chains; -- Chapter 1. Understanding the Supply Chain; What Is a Supply Chain?; The Objective of a Supply Chain; Decision Phases in a Supply Chain; Process Views of a Supply Chain; Examples of Supply Chains; Developing Skills for Your Career; Discussion Questions; Bibliography; -- Chapter 2. Achieving Strategic Fit in a Supply Chain; Competitive and Supply Chain Strategies; How is Strategic Fit Achieved?; Supply Chain Levers to Deal with Uncertainty; Expanding Strategic Scope.

Discussion Questions Bibliography; Case Study: The Demise of Blockbuster; -- Chapter 3. Supply Chain Drivers and Metrics; Financial Measures of Performance; A Framework for Supply Chain Decisions; Facilities; Inventory; Transportation; Information; Sourcing; Pricing; Discussion Questions; Bibliography; Case Study: Seven-Eleven Japan Co.; Case Study: Financial Statements for Walmart Stores Inc. and Macy's Inc.; -- PART 2. Designing the Supply Chain Network; -- Chapter 4. Designing Distribution Networks and Applications to Omni-Channel Retailing.

Factors Affecting Distribution Network Design in the Supply ChainDesign Options for a Distribution Network; Online Sales and Omni-Channel Retailing; Discussion Questions; Bibliography; Case Study: Blue Nile and Diamond Retailing; -- Chapter 5. Network Design in The Supply Chain; The Role of Network Design in the Supply Chain; Factors Influencing Network Design Decisions; Framework for Network Design Decisions; Models for Designing a Regional Network Configuration; Models for Identifying Potential Sites in a Region; Models for Demand Allocation and Plant Location; Discussion Questions; Exercises -- Chapter 6. Designing global supply chain networks --

PART 3. Planning and Coordinating Demand and Supply in a Supply Chain -- Chapter 7. Demand Forecasting in a Supply Chain; The Role of Forecasting in a Supply Chain; Components of a Forecast and Forecasting Methods; Time-Series Forecasting Methods; Measures of Forecast Error; Building Forecasting Models using Excel; Discussion Questions; Exercises; Bibliography; Case Study: Specialty Packaging Corporation; -- Chapter 8. Aggregate Planning in a Supply Chain; Aggregate Planning and its Role in a Supply Chain; The Basic Tradeoffs in Aggregate Planning; Aggregate Planning using Linear Programming -- Chapter 9. Sales and operations planning in a supply chain -- Chapter 10. Coordination in a supply chain -- PART 4. Planning and managing inventories in a supply chain -- Chapter 11. Managing economies of scale in a supply chain cycle inventory -- Chapter 12. Managing uncertainty in a supply chain safety inventory -- Chapter 13. Linking product availability to profits -- PART 5. Designing and planning transportation networks -- Chapter 14. Transportation in a supply chain --PART 6. Managing cross-functional drivers in a supply chain -- Chapter 15. Sourcing decisions in a supply chain -- Chapter 16. Pricing and revenue management in a supply chain -- Chapter 17. Sustainability and the supply chain -- PART 7. Online chapter -- Chapter A. Information technology in a supply chain.

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