Supply chain management on demand : strategies, technologies, applications

During the last years, competitive pressures and short product lifecycles have caused many manufacturing and retail companies to focus on supply chain management practices and applications. Continuing shifts in the geopolitical situation and emerging markets opened new business opportunities and at the same time kept companies busy revising their supply chain structures such as manufacturing locations, warehouse locations, inbound logistics, and distribution operations. This led to an increased demand in strategic supply chain planning tools such as supply chain simulators and location optimization tools. New techniques and practices for highly efficient supply chain management, being made possible by the rapid progress in information and communication technologies, are explained in this book. It is written by supply chain researchers, consultants, and supply chain practitioners who have not only developed the practices but have deployed these practices in various supply chains at IBM and other companies. TOC:Beyond ROI.- Supply Chain Simulation.- Inventory Management in High Technology Value Chains.- Product Pricing in the e-Business Era.- Applications of Implosion in Manufacturing.- Strategic Sourcing and Procurement.- Manging Risk with Structured Supply Agreements.- Reverse Logistics - Capturing Value in the Extended Supply Chain.- Sercive Parts Logistics and Management.- Business Process Integration.- Collaboration in e-Supply Networks.- Intelligent Business Performance Management Sense and Respond Value Net Optimization.- Author's Profiles.- Index