Designing and Managing the Supply Chain is a supply chain management text that is not too technical, contains the breadth and depth that the topic deserves, and is appropriate for teaching supply chain management to business or engineering. With a combination of analytical concepts, case studies, and examples, written by experts from academia (both who are still teaching at MIT and University of California, Berkeley) and industry who have been researching, consulting, and developing software for supply chain management for many years, the Fourth Edition continues in this direction in important ways by adding new chapters on timely topics including supply chain risk management, supply chain flexibility, and sustainable supply chains.
1. Introduction to Supply Chain Management
2. Inventory Management and Risk Pooling
3. Network Planning
4. Supply Contracts
5. The Value of Information
6. Supply Chain Integration
7. Distributions Strategies
8. Strategic Alliances
9. Procurement and Outsourcing Strategies
10. Coordinated Product and Supply Chain Design
11. Flexibility
12. Customer Value
13. Risk Management
14. Sustainable Supply Chains
15. Smart Pricing
16. Information Technology and Business Processes
17. Technology Standards
