Managing the global supply chain / Tage Skjtt-Larsen ... [et al.].

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Skjott-Larsen, Tage.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Business logistics.

Physical distribution of goods--Management.

Physical distribution of goods.

Industrial procurement--Management.

Industrial procurement.

International business enterprises--Management.

International business enterprises.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (459 p.)

Edition:

3rd ed.

Place of Publication:

Copenhagen : Copenhagen Business School ; Malmo : Liber, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

""Managing the Global Supply Chain""; ""Overview of Contents""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""1. Introduction to the Supply Chain""; ""Introduction to Supply Chain Management""; ""The Supply Chain""; ""Supply Chain Management (SCM)""; ""The Customer Orientation""; ""Multiple Management Perspectives""; ""The Characteristics of the Supply Chain""; ""Understanding the Supply Chain""; ""The Framework""; ""Systemic Approach""; ""Supply Chain Processes""; ""The Management Tasks""; ""The New Corporate Environment""; ""A Model of the Global Supply Chain""; ""The Approach of the Book""; ""Concepts""

""Processes""""Management Issues""; ""Summary""; ""2. Structure and Process""; ""The Value Chain and the Value System""; ""The Structure of the Supply Chain""; ""The Concept of Postponement""; ""Building Structure""; ""The Bullwhip Effect""; ""What are Activities?""; ""Core Competencies and Outsourcing""; ""Components in Supply Chain Management""; ""Network Structure""; ""Management Components""; ""Concluding Comments""; ""3. Inter-organizational Relationships""; ""Relationships from a Network Perspective""; ""Industrial Networks""; ""Transactions""; ""The Firm as a Nexus of Contracts""

""Boundaries and Governance""""Static versus Dynamic Boundaries""; ""Is Transaction Cost Theory »Bad for Practice«?""; ""TCA Focuses on Cost Efficiency""; ""Asset Specificity based on »Sunk Costs«""; ""Too Costly to Develop or Acquire Specific Assets""; ""Perceptions of Trust""; ""Developing Collaborative Relationships""; ""Conclusion""; ""Illustrative Case""; ""Benetton's Supply Networks""; ""4. The Information System for the Supply Chain""; ""Introduction""; ""Logistics Information""; ""Information Exchange""; ""Information and Operations""

""The Concept of a Supply Chain Information System""""The Intra-firm Information System""; ""The Inter-firm Information System""; ""Interface Optimization""; ""Elements of the Information System""; ""On-demand Computing""; ""Software Systems""; ""Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)""; ""Software for Supply Chain Management""; ""General Application Areas for Supply Chain Information Systems""; ""Communications""; ""Concluding Comments""; ""Illustrative Case""; ""Gillette and RFID""; ""5. Distribution""; ""International Markets""; ""The Structure of International Distribution""

""Global Marketing""""The Complexity of Distribution""; ""The Major Elements of Distribution and its Requirements""; ""Deficiencies of Traditional Distribution and Distribution Dynamics""; ""Push versus Pull""; ""The Marketing Channel""; ""Major Channel Decisions""; ""Sales Decisions""; ""Physical Distribution Decisions""; ""Global Retail Distribution""; ""Retailing as a Supply Chain Function""; ""Grocery Retailing""; ""Garments""; ""Global Retail Logistics Operations""; ""E-commerce and the Supply Chain""; ""The Attractiveness of a New Channel""; ""The Case of Grocery E-tailing""

""The Structure of E-commerce Fulfillment""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 425-452) and index.

Other Format:

9788763001717 (paperback)

ISBN:

9788763099783 (e-book)

OCLC:

923360195