Managing the Supply Chain: The Definitive Guide for the Business Professional / Edition 1

by David Simchi-Levi, Edith Simchi-Levi, Philip Kaminsky

Overview

In today's environment of tight budgets and even tighter turnarounds, effective supply-chain management has become a core business requirement. Managing the Supply Chain adapts the number one supply-chain book on the college market to examine how professionals can consistently turn supply-chain strategy into a competitive advantage.

This results-based book examines the experiences of today's most accomplished companies to demonstrate supply-chain innovation at work in the marketplace.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780071410311
Publisher:	McGraw Hill LLC
Publication date:	05/01/2003
Pages:	300
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

David Simchi-Levi, Ph.D., is a professor of engineering systems at MIT, cofounder and chairman of Logic Tools, Inc., and the recipient of a number of awards for his work in supply, logistics, and transportation. Dr Simchi-Levi is the coauthor of The Logic of Logistics, a book describing the theory behind logistics and supply chain management.

Philip Kaminsky, Ph.D., is an associate professor of industrial engineering at the University of California at Berkeley and a globally renowned consultant in supply chain and production management.

Edith Simchi-Levi is a co-founder and vice president of operations for Logic Tools, Inc. She has extensive experience in software development as well as logistics and supply chain management consulting.

McGraw-Hill authors represent the leading experts in their fields and are dedicated to improving the lives, careers, and interests of readers worldwide

Associate Professor of Industrial Engineering at the University of California at Berkeley.

Table of Contents

	Preface	ix
Chapter 1	Introduction	1
Chapter 2	The Value of Information	19
Chapter 3	Supply Chain Integration	41
Chapter 4	Network Planning	71
Chapter 5	Supply Chain Alliances	111
Chapter 6	Outsourcing, Procurement, and Supply Contracts	139
Chapter 7	Product Design and Supply Chain Management	163
Chapter 8	Customer Value	187
Chapter 9	Global Issues in Supply Chain Management	223
Chapter 10	Information Technology	243
	Notes	289
	Index	299
	About the Authors	308