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"The latest thinking, strategies, developments, and technologies to stay current in supply chain management. Presenting the core concepts and techniques of supply chain management in a clear, concise and easily readable style, the Third Edition of Essentials of Supply Chain Management outlines the most crucial tenets and concepts of supply chain management. Shows how to utilize technology to boost efficiency and responsiveness. Introduces new material...
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Business Expert Press
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English
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The supply chain management field is one of the fastest growing fields in our economy, given the heavy growth in international trade as a means to access outsourced production opportunities to lower costs and the growth in information technology to coordinate supply chains. However, this opportunity to lower costs entails significant risks, such as tsunamis, earthquakes, political unrest, and economic turbulence. This book discusses risks in supply...
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Business Expert Press
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English
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The rapid growth in computer technology provides supply chain managers with valuable tools to better coordinate and control their operations. This book seeks to describe systems available to give supply chains information system support, demonstrating key tasks with demonstrated analytic techniques. This second edition is basically the same as the first edition, but with newer cases to demonstrate concepts. The target market for this book is practitioners...
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Applied mechanics and materials volume Volume 708
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Trans Tech Publications
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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Business Expert Press
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English
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Almost every organization is exposed to financial risk stemming from commodity price volatility. Risk exposure may be direct, from the prices paid for raw materials transformed into products sold to customers, or indirect, from higher energy and transportation costs. The purpose of this book is to provide a range of approaches that organizations can implement and adapt for managing commodity price volatility and reducing their exposure to the financial...
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Business Expert Press
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English
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The quality and effectiveness of decisions made within an organization and its supply chain depend on the accuracy and timeliness of the information on which they are based. Radio frequency identification (RFID) is a technology that can provide more accurate information in near real time and thus increase the quality and timeliness of decisions based on that information. RFID systems are currently in use in areas such as inventory management, process...
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Business Expert Press
Pub. Date
c2012
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English
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Supply chain planning is concerned with making decisions about how many goods to procure, make, and deliver before knowing exactly what the demand for products is going to be. These planning decisions are difficult because they must be made with uncertain and dynamic information about future demand, available production capacity, and sources of supply. This book focuses on the three interlinked processes that compose effective supply chain planning:...
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Business Expert Press
Pub. Date
2014.
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English
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This Introductory volume presents an overview of Supply Chain Management within the Four Cs framework along with a survey on the information feedback systems that are used to support supply chain operations. Similar to the 4 P's of marketing, these Four Cs combined encompass the key managerial and strategic issues facing managers and companies must deal with in order to set up, manage, and improve their supply chain systems upstream and downstream....
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Business Expert Press
Pub. Date
2013
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English
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In order to succeed today you must speak different languages. This doesn't necessarily mean Chinese, German or English. Rather it refers to the need to speak, accounting, finance, marketing and operations. This book is written for the executive who is not a supply chain management professional but who wants to learn more about his or her supply chain. We will do this by diving into some best practices, examples of how other companies have managed...
16) New supply chain models: disruptive supply chain strategies for 2030 (Systematic literature reviews)
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Supply chain management volume Volume 24, Number 1
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Emerald Publishing Limited
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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International Journal of Physical Distribution and Logistics Management volume Volume 49, Number 10
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Emerald Publishing
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
