Supply Chain Management A Logistics Perspective

The tenth edition of SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT: A LOGISTICS PERSPECTIVE refined its focus on the supply chain approach by blending logistics theory with practical applications and includes updated material on the latest technology, transportation regulations, pricing, and other issues. Each chapter opens with Supply Chain Profiles vignettes introducing students to real-world companies, people, and events. New and updated On the Line boxed features are applied examples providing students with hands-on managerial experience of the chapter’s topics. Supply Chain Technology boxes appear throughout the text, helping students relate technological developments to supply chain management concepts and logistics practices while taking in consideration global changes. Short Cases at the end of each chapter are updated and build on what students have learned in the chapter. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

The ninth edition of SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT: A LOGISTICS PERSPECTIVE refined its focus on the supply chain approach by blending logistics theory with practical applications and includes updated material on the latest technology, transportation regulations, pricing, and other issues. Each chapter opens with Supply Chain Profiles vignettes introducing students to real-world companies, people, and events. New and updated On the Line boxed features are applied examples providing students with hands-on managerial experience of the chapter's topics. Supply Chain Technology boxes appear throughout the text, helping students relate technological developments to supply chain management concepts and logistics practices while taking in consideration global changes. Short Cases at the end of each chapter are updated and build on what students have learned in the chapter. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

MANAGING SUPPLY CHAINS: A LOGISTICS APPROACH, 9E, International Edition refined its focus on the supply chain approach by blending logistics theory with practical applications.Each chapter opens with "Supply Chain Profiles" vignettes introducing students to real-world companies, people, and events. New and updated "On the Line" boxed features are applied examples providing students with hands-on managerial experience of the chapter's topics. "Supply Chain Technology" boxes appear throughout the text, helping students relate technological developments to supply chain management concepts and logistics practices while taking in consideration global changes. Short Cases at the end of each chapter are updated and build on what students have learned in the chapter.

The eighth edition of SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT: A LOGISTICS PERSPECTIVE has refined its focus on the supply chain approach, one of the latest developments in logistics management. Its strategic managerial focus blends logistics theory with practical applications and includes updated material on the latest technology, transportation regulations, pricing, and other issues. This market-leading text continues to focus on the integration of the supply chain approach as an important concept in understanding contemporary logistics management. In addition, this text focuses on changes in the way business is being done, with a particular emphasis on technology. Each chapter opens with Supply Chain Profiles, vignettes that introduce students to the chapter’s topics through familiar real-world companies, people, and events. For this new edition, the majority of the profiles have been changed. Each chapter also includes new and updated On the Line boxed features, which are applied examples that provide students with hands-on managerial experience of the chapter’s topics. Supply Chain Technology boxes appear throughout the text, helping students relate technological developments to supply chain management concepts and logistics practices. Short Cases at the end of each chapter are updated and build on what students have learned in the chapter. Important Notice: Media content

Books about Supply Chain Management

Transportation is arguably the most critical component of global supply chains. And one of the most complex. Delivering comprehensive coverage of current domestic and global transportation trends, TRANSPORTATION: A SUPPLY CHAIN PERSPECTIVE, 7e equips your students with a solid understanding of this dynamic field. More student friendly than ever, the SEVENTH EDITION helps readers understand both the fundamental role and importance of transportation in companies and in society, as well as the complex environment in which transportation service is provided today. Taking a managerial approach, the authors give students the tools to successfully adapt to this fast-paced and rapidly changing industry. The text is organized into three parts. Part I provides a framework and foundation for the role of transportation from a micro and macro perspective in supply chains. Discussions include both the theoretical and managerial dimensions of transportation in supply chains, including regulation and public policy. Part II focuses on the providers of transportation, offering an industry overview, operating and service characteristics, cost structure, and current challenges and issues. Part III focuses on a variety of critical transportation management issues, providing insightful discussions of the strategic activities and challenges involved in the movement of goods through the supply chain.

Books about Supply Chain Management

Delivering comprehensive coverage of current domestic and global trends, TRANSPORTATION: A SUPPLY CHAIN PERSPECTIVE, 8E equips readers with a solid understanding of what is arguably the most critical−and complex−component of global supply chains. Taking a managerial approach, the text explains the fundamental role and importance of transportation in companies and in society, as well as the complex environment in which transportation service is provided today. It provides a framework and foundation for the role of transportation from a micro and macro perspective in supply chains. It also offers an overview of the operating and service characteristics, cost structure, and current challenges faced by current providers of transportation. In addition, the authors spotlight a variety of critical transportation management issues, providing insightful discussions of the strategic activities and challenges involved in the movement of goods through the supply chain. Completely up to date, the Eighth Edition features new readings, cases, and examples. It emphasizes global topics throughout, includes new coverage of hard and soft technology, and offers expanded discussions of fuel, energy, managerial, economic, and environmental issues. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.

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TRANSPORTATION: A SUPPLY CHAIN PERSPECTIVE, 9E provides essential coverage of what is arguably the most critical and complex component of global supply chains. This edition explains the fundamental role and importance of transportation in companies and society, as well as the complex environment surrounding transportation service. A solid framework highlights the role of transportation in supply chains and overviews the operating and service characteristics, cost structure, and challenges that today's transportation providers face. This edition emphasizes critical transportation management issues with insights into the strategic activities and challenges involved in the movement of goods. TRANSPORTATION emphasizes contemporary global topics with the latest coverage of hard and soft technology and discussions of fuel, energy, managerial, economic, and environmental issues. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.