Logistics & supply chain management

Effective development and management of a supply chain network is an invaluable source of sustainable advantage in today's turbulent global marketplace, where demand is difficult to predict and supply chains need to be more flexible as a result. This updated 4th edition of the bestselling Logis...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Christopher, Martin
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Harlow, UK Financial Times Prentice Hall 2011
Edition:4th ed
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Collection: O'Reilly - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Includes bibliographical references and index
  • Logistics, the supply chain and competitive strategy
  • Logistics and customer value
  • Measuring logistics costs and performance
  • Matching supply and demand
  • Creating the responsive supply chain
  • Strategic lead-time management
  • The synchronous supply chain
  • Complexity and the supply chain
  • Managing the global pipeline
  • Managing risk in the supply chain
  • The era of network competition
  • Overcoming the barriers to supply chain integration
  • Creating a sustainable supply chain
  • The supply chain of the future