Supply Chain Management - Online Book with Globally Popular Content

I. A STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK TO UNDERSTAND SUPPLY CHAINS.

1. Understanding the Supply Chain.
2. Supply Chain Performance: Achieving Strategic Fit and Scope.
3. Supply Chain Drivers and Obstacles.

II. DESIGNING THE SUPPLY CHAIN NETWORK.

4. Designing the Distribution Network in a Supply Chain.
5. Network Design in the Supply Chain.
6. Network Design in an Uncertain Environment.

III. ESTIMATING DEMAND AND PLANNING SUPPLY.

7. Demand Forecasting in a Supply Chain.
8. Aggregate Planning in the Supply Chain.
8A. Pricing and Revenue Management in the Supply Chain.
9. Planning Supply and Demand in the Supply Chain: Managing Predictable Variability.

IV. PLANNING AND MANAGING INVENTORIES IN A SUPPLY CHAIN.

10. Managing Economies of Scale in the Supply Chain: Cycle Inventory.11. Managing Uncertainty in the Supply Chain: Safety Inventory.12. Determining Optimal Level of Product Availability.

V. SOURCING AND  TRANSPORTING

13. Sourcing Decisions in a Supply Chain.
14. Transportation in the Supply Chain.

VI. COORDINATION  IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN.

15. Coordination in the Supply Chain.

VII. INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN.

16. Information Technology and the Supply Chain.
17. e-business and the Supply Chain.