Handbook of Supply Chain Management

Features:

• Provides everything you need to know about supply chains for developing and delivering a product or service successfully-strategic planning, industrial engineering, systems, organization, outsource assessment, partnering, third party logistics, re-engineering, and more
• Covers methods and models in critical management tasks that relate to the supply chain-theory and trends, obstacles to change, problems, opportunities and solutions
• Describes and illustrates useful "how to" techniques for application to various points of the supply chain, while establishing basic principles
• Includes numerous industry case studies and describes how to apply solutions to specific situations
• Discusses multiple industries and services, existing manufacturing and distribution operations, new product issues, knowledge management, software selection and implementation, lean enterprises, operational and cost reduction, network modeling, demand flow, QFD and more

• Supply Chain Overview
• Introduction to the Supply Chain
• Supply Chain Management-The "Right" Way
• Supply Chain Potency
• Evolution of Supply Chain Models
• Model for Competing Through SC
• Linking the Supply Chain With the Customer
• The Five Tasks
• Task 1: Designing Supply Chains for Competitive Advantage
• Supply Chains as Activity Systems
• QFD Case Study
• The Supply Chain and New Products
• Task 2: Implementing Collaborative Relationships
• Foundation for Supply Chain Change
• Functional Roles in Supply Chain Change
• Supply Chain Design-A Team Framework
• Institutionalizing Supply Chain Changes
• Task 3: Forging Supply Chain Partnerships
• Motivations for Partnerships
• Emerging Partnership Model
• Planning for Partnerships
• Core Competence and Partnerships
• Organizing Improvement Efforts
• Stage 3: Supply Chain Structure
• The Extended EnterpriseO at Daimler Chrysler
• Task 4: Managing Supply Chain Information
• SCM and Information Technology
• Topography of Supply Chain Applications
• Supply-Chain Council
• Task 5: Removing Cost from the Supply Chain
• Cost and the Supply Chain
• Root Cause-Clarity
• Root Cause-Variability
• Root Cause-Design
• Root Cause-Information
• Root Cause-Weak Links
• Supply Chain Methodologies
• Supply Chain Pre-study
• Implementation Roadmap
• From Purchasing to Strategic Sourcing-A Roadmap
• Selection Supply Chain Software
• Supply Chain Case Studies
• Partnership Barriers in the Nuclear Industry
• Wholesale Grocer: Supply Chain "Streamlining"
• Plumbing Supplies: Manufacturer/Distributor
• Supply Chain Management, Repair, and Overhaul Operations
• Retail Distribution: From Low Tech to Leading Edge Distribution Center
• British Telecom-Capacity Planning in a Deregulation Industry
• Semiconductor Equipment: Supply Chain Links
• Footwear Distribution
• Bicycle Manufacturer: Internet Strategy
• Consolidation Centers in the Lean Supply Chain
• Demand-Driven Supply Chain in a Start Up
• Automobile Industry: Incoming Material
• Water Utility: Logistics Services Partnerships
• Auto Parts Retailer-Logistics Partnership
• Improving Furniture Manufacturer EVA
• Performance Improvement Through Metrics for Buyers
• Glossary
• Bibliography