Managing the Global Supply Chain

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.