Logistics and supply chain management

Effective development and management of a supply chain network is an invaluable source of sustainable advantage in today’s turbulent global marketplace, where demand is difficult to predict and supply chains need to be more flexible as a result. This updated 4th edition of the bestselling Logistics...

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Otros Autores: Christopher, Martin, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Harlow : Financial Times/Prentice Hall 2011.
Edición:4th edition
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009628543806719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover
  • Logistics & Supply Chain Management
  • Contents
  • About the Author
  • Preface
  • Publisher's Acknowledgements
  • Chapter 1: Logistics, the Supply Chain and Competitive Strategy
  • Supply Chain Management Is a Wider Concept Than Logistics
  • Competitive Advantage
  • The Supply Chain Becomes the Value Chain
  • The Mission of Logistics Management
  • The Supply Chain and Competitive Performance
  • The Changing Competitive Environment
  • Chapter 2: Logistics and Customer Value
  • The Marketing and Logistics Interface
  • Delivering Customer Value
  • What Is Customer Service?
  • The Impact of Out-of-Stock
  • Customer Service and Customer Retention
  • Market-Driven Supply Chains
  • Defining Customer Service Objectives
  • Setting Customer Service Priorities
  • Setting Service Standards
  • Chapter 3: Measuring Logistics Costs and Performance
  • Logistics and the Bottom Line
  • Logistics and Shareholder Value
  • Logistics Cost Analysis
  • The Concept of Total Cost Analysis
  • Principles of Logistics Costing
  • Customer Profitability Analysis
  • Direct Product Profitability
  • Cost Drivers and Activity-Based Costing
  • Chapter 4: Matching Supply and Demand
  • The Lead-Time Gap
  • Improving the Visibility of Demand
  • The Supply Chain Fulcrum
  • Forecast for Capacity, Execute Against Demand
  • Demand Management and Planning
  • Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment
  • Chapter 5: Creating the Responsive Supply Chain
  • Product 'Push' Versus Demand 'Pull'
  • The Japanese Philosophy
  • The Foundations of Agility
  • A Routemap to Responsiveness
  • Chapter 6: Strategic Lead-Time Management
  • Time-Based Competition
  • Lead-Time Concepts
  • Logistics Pipeline Management
  • Chapter 7: The Synchronous Supply Chain
  • The Extended Enterprise and the Virtual Supply Chain
  • The Role of Information in the Virtual Supply Chain.
  • Laying the Foundations for Synchronisation
  • 'Quick Response' Logistics
  • Production Strategies for Quick Response
  • Logistics Systems Dynamics
  • Chapter 8: Complexity and the Supply Chain
  • The Sources of Supply Chain Complexity
  • The Cost of Complexity
  • Product Design and Supply Chain Complexity
  • Mastering Complexity
  • Chapter 9: Managing the Global Pipeline
  • The Trend Towards Globalisation in the Supply Chain
  • Gaining Visibility in the Global Pipeline
  • Organising for Global Logistics
  • Thinking Global, Acting Local
  • The Future of Global Sourcing
  • Chapter 10: Managing Risk in the Supply Chain
  • Why Are Supply Chains More Vulnerable?
  • Understanding the Supply Chain Risk Profile
  • Managing Supply Chain Risk
  • Achieving Supply Chain Resilience
  • Chapter 11: The Era of Network Competition
  • The New Organisational Paradigm
  • Collaboration in the Supply Chain
  • Managing the Supply Chain As a Network
  • Seven Major Business Transformations
  • The Implications for tomorrow's Logistics Managers
  • Supply Chain Orchestration
  • From 3Pl to 4Pl™
  • Chapter 12: Overcoming the Barriers to Supply Chain Integration
  • Creating the Logistics Vision
  • The Problems With Conventional Organisations
  • Developing the Logistics Organisation
  • Logistics As the Vehicle for Change
  • Benchmarking
  • Chapter 13: Creating a Sustainable Supply Chain
  • The Triple Bottom Line
  • Greenhouse Gases and the Supply Chain
  • Reducing the Transport-Intensity of Supply Chains
  • Peak Oil
  • Beyond the Carbon Footprint
  • Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
  • The Impact of Congestion
  • Chapter 14: The Supply Chain of the Future
  • Emerging Mega-Trends
  • Shifting Centres of Gravity
  • The Multi-Channel Revolution
  • Seeking Structural Flexibility
  • 2020 Vision
  • Index.