Supply chain innovation for competing in highly dynamic markets challenges and solutions /

• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Other Authors: Evangelista, Pietro, 1963-
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), 2011.
• Subjects: Business logistics.; Business logistics > Information technology.; Business logistics > Technological innovations.; Environmental innovation; Innovation for a competitive advantage; Management of supply systems; Managing logistics; Operational innovation; Practical implications of innovation; Strategic innovation integration; Supply chain innovation; Supply chain integration; Theoretical implications of innovation
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"This book investigates the role of innovation in the management of supply chains of today, focusing on supply chain integration from both strategic and operational perspectives and the impact of information technology-related innovation in supply chain and logistics service industries"--P...

Table of Contents:

• 1. Supply chain integration: challenges and solutions / Edward Sweeney
• 2. From integration to alignment: challenges and solutions / John Gattorna
• 3. Integration strategies for electronic device supply chains / Claudia-Maria Wagner and Colm Ryan
• 4. Supply chain integration in the textile and garment industries: some observations from Thailand / Ruth Banomyong
• 5. Supply chain integration and port competitiveness: a network approach / Marcella De Martino, Alessandra Marasco and Alfonso Morvillo
• 6. Implementing integrated supply chain management / Dermot Carey
• 7. Adding value to logistics services using ICT: a case study analysis of small logistics companies in Italy / Pietro Evangelista
• 8. Innovative ICT applications in transport and logistics: some evidence from Asia / Mark Goh and Kym Fraser
• 9. Using sensor-based measurement technology to reduce the environmental impact of perishable goods / Alexander Ilic, Thorsten Staake and Elgar Fleisch
• 10. Managing uncertain inventory in supply chain with neural network and radio frequency identification (RFID) / CKM Lee, Ng Wenwei Benjamin and Shaligram Pokharel
• 11. Intelligent freight transportation system: the effects on transportation operations performance / Gunnar Stefansson
• 12. Improving the sustainability of road freight transport by relaxing truck size and weight restrictions / Alan McKinnon
• 13. The role of urban consolidation centres in sustainable freight transport / Julian Allen, Michael Browne, Jacques Leonardi and Allan Woodburn
• 14. The role of logistics service providers in the development of sustainability-related innovation / Maria Huge-Brodin
• 15. Reverse logistics for sustainable waste management processes / Fraser McLeod and Tom Cherrett
• 16. Discontinuous innovation in supply relationship management: two cases and a future research direction / Richard Lamming and Fu Jia
• 17. How to use the evaluation of suppliers to develop the supply system / Emilio Esposito and Renato Passaro
• 18. Being a preferred customer of leading suppliers and its impact on supplier contribution to innovation / Holger Schiele, Jasper Veldman and Lisa Hüttinger
• 19. The human side of supply chains: a behavioural perspective of supply chain risk management / Alessandro Ancarani and Carmela Di Mauro
• 20. Risk management: a new way to improve logistics outsourcing / Thierry Sauvage and Mohamed Haouari.