Supply Chain with Economics and Human Needs: Design and Analysis of Supply Chain Operations and Strategies

by Chen Zhou

Overview

This is a technical textbook on the strategies in the supply chain. It adopts models in the supply chain and economics to develop strategies in the design and operation of the supply chains. It is unique to link the supply chain and economic efficiency to human needs.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798765545614
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	03/22/2022
Pages:	276
Product dimensions:	7.44(w) x 9.69(h) x 0.75(d)

About the Author

Chen Zhou, PhD, has been a faculty member in the Stewart School of Industrial and Systems Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology since 1989. His research and teaching interests are in supply chain, sustainability, logistics and warehousing.

Editorial Reviews

Professor Chen Zhou takes a uniquely human centered approach to covering key topics in contemporary and Next Generation supply chain design and operations that include the economies of collaboration, scale, sharing, scope and speed; the benefits of principal-agent modeling; competition and its link with games theory; pricing; logistics (transportation and inventory); uncertainty, risk, and risk mitigation; and innovative contracting. The book is useful for the business school and engineering.

Georgia Institute of Technology - Chelsea White