Supply chain performance : collaboration, alignment and coordination / edited by Valérie Botta-Genoulaz ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Botta-Genoulaz, Valerie.

Series:

Control systems, robotics and manufacturing series.

Control systems, robotics and manufacturing series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Business logistics.

Delivery of goods--Management.

Delivery of goods.

Production management.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (393 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : ISTE ; Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, 2010.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book examines the opportunities for, and the effects and benefits of, collaborative working practices and their impact on supply chain performance. The first part of the book focuses on modeling the supply chain using conceptual frameworks to describe the relationship between collaboration and performance. The second part examines the issues around information systems alignment, and ensuring the management and coordination of interactions with suppliers and customers. The final part focuses on the various different formalized approaches that may be taken to analyze the impact of any given

Contents:

pt. 1. Focus on collaborative practices

pt. 2. Focus on strategic alignment of information systems

pt. 3. Focus on coordination mechanisms.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-118-55806-5

1-299-31524-0

1-118-61653-7

OCLC:

830161700