Managing Global Supply Chains

Acknowledgements
About the Authors
Preface
PART 1: INTRODUCTION

Chapter One
The role of supply chain as a key value driver in global market

Chapter Two
Why Global Supply Chain Management

Chapter Three
Understanding Global Supply Chain Management and its building blocks
Chapter Four
Contemporary Global Challenges in Supply Chain Management


PART 2: BUILDING BLOCKS OF GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN

Chapter Five
Customer focus and demand

Chapter Six
Resource and capacity management

Chapter Seven
Procurement , purchasing and supplier focus

Chapter Eight
Inventory management

Chapter Nine
Operations management

Chapter Ten
Distribution Management


PART 3: NEW DEMANDS AND TRENDS

Chapter Eleven
Supply chain in service sectors　and non-profit and charity organisations

Chapter Twelve
Globalisation and Supply chain in emerging markets

Chapter Thirteen
Digital Revolution and E- supply chain

Chapter Fourteen
Lean and agile supply chain
Chapter Fifteen
Supply chain in the retail sector
Chapter Sixteen
Sustainable Supply Chain
Chapter Seventeen
Supply Chain for Major Projects
Chapter Eighteen
Quantitative Analysis and Optimisation in Global Supply Chains
Chapter Nineteen
Supply Chain Strategies
Chapter Twenty
Managing Supply Chain Risks

PART 4: INTEGRATING SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

Chapter Twenty one
Systems and Procedures
Chapter Twenty two
Sales and Operations Planning
Chapter Twenty three
Global Supply Chain Performance Management
Chapter Twenty four
Case Study examples
References
Appendices
Glossary
Index

Ron Basu is Director of Performance Excellence Limited and a Visiting Executive Fellow at Henley Business School, University of Reading, UK. He is also a Visiting Professor at SKEMA Graduate School of Management, France.