Langbeschreibung
Strategic Supply Chain Alignment brings together for the first time the world's leading logistics professionals, management consultants and academics to offer their insights and experiences on the latest supply chain management techniques. This collection of previously unpublished material offers the reader a unique opportunity to identify the hot issues, discover emerging strategies and uncover key industry and market perspectives.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Contents: Foreword - Gregory Owens; Introduction - John Gattorna; New approaches to strategy - Peter Fuchs, Andrew Young and Alida Zweidler-McKay; Strategic supply chain management - Robert Evans and Alister Danks. Part I The Market: Overview; Creating Customer Value: Aligned logistics operations - Liane Torres and John Miller; Customer support logistics - Robert Evans and Doug Castek; Postponement for mass customization - Hau Lee; Integrating Supply with Demand: The supply-demand nexus - Jeff Beech; Efficient consumer response - David Sharpe and Richard Hill; Components of demand planning - Todd Smith, Jay Mabe and Jeff Beech; Effective demand management - Jamie Bolton; Time compression in the supply chain - Jon Bumstead; Towards finding the perfect match - Ananth Raman; The personal computer supply chain - Terry Austin. Part II Strategic Response: Overview; Channel Strategy: Strategic value networks - Randy Barba, Philip Roussel and Bruce Bendix; Formulating a channel strategy - John Miller; The global retail supply chain - Ken Bonning, Ed Rader and Rick Chavie; The consumer direct channel - Steve Bartolotta; Supply Chain Configuration: Relationships and alliances - Martin Christopher; Strategic sourcing - Gregory Owens, Olivier Vidal, Rick Toole and Donovan Favre; Network-modelling tools - Sue Jimenez, Tim Brown and Joe Jordan; Global supply management - Dave Anderson, Yamini Dhillon and Julian Remnant; Operations and Distribution Management: Lean synchronous manufacturing - David Kennedy, Barry Elliott and Frank Carbone; Distribution operations - Duane Marvick and John White; Transport management - Rich Bergmann and Craig Rawlings; Inventory management - Chris Norek; Warehouse-management systems technologies - Bruce Richmond and Eric Peters. Part III Cultural Capability: Overview; Organization Options: Alternative organization options - Paula Giles and Anthony Hancy; Fourth-party logistics - John Gattorna; Change Management: The dynamics of change in the s