HANDBOOK OF SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT

• Other Authors: Ayers, James B. (Editor)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Boca Raton, FL Auerbach Publications 2006
• Edition: SECOND EDITION
• Series: Series on resource management
• Subjects: Industrial procurement > Management
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• Physical Description: xxxi, 608 pages illustrations 24 cm
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p 561-571) and index
• ISBN: 0849331609; 9780849331602

This volume introduces or emphasizes the supply chain management topics that have grown in visibility or prominence since the publication of the first edition. These include: drivers of supply chain change; project management approaches for executing supply chain change; globalization and supply chains; the importance of spheres (businesses within a business) in designing supply chains; the contribution of backbone/enabling processes within an organization; and the "lean" and six sigma movements and their implications for SCM.