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Cases on supply chain and distribution management issues and principles /

"This book introduces readers to a wide selection of case studies covering a multitude of supply chains in different economies of the world and examines major issues related to supply chain management"--Provided by publisher.

Bibliographic Details
Corporate Author: IGI Global.
Other Authors: Garg, Miti., Gupta, Sumeet, 1976-
Format: Electronic
Language:English
Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2012.
Subjects:
Business logistics > Case studies.
Physical distribution of goods > Case studies. > Management
Aeronautical supply chains
Military logistics
Commercial logistics
Automotive supply chains
Eco-friendly supply chain management
Healthcare information
Retail supply chains
Risk management
Supply chains of commodity products
Trade friendliness
Transport and logistics
Online Access:Chapter PDFs via platform:
Table of Contents:
  • 1. A Case study of Singapore as a logistics cluster / Rahul Krishnan ... [et al.]
  • 2. Transport and logistics in Dubai: a high stakes play / Michael Thorpe and Sumit Mitra
  • 3. Assessing trade friendliness of logistics services in ASEAN / Sumeet Gupta and Mark Goh
  • 4. Fruitful market mediation: challenges in implementing coopetition / Lincoln Wood
  • 5. Supply chains of commodity products in India: the case of rice / Deepti Dewani, Shreyansh Jain and Sumeet Gupta
  • 6. Multilayered distribution system in India: practice and issues / Sumeet Gupta ... [et al.]
  • 7. A study of eco-friendly supply chain management at cement industries of Chhattisgarh / Gazala Yasmin
  • 8. When supply chain strategy does not match supply chain capabilities: lessons that can be learnt from the supply chain of Boeing 787 / Narasimha Lamba and Ehsan Elahi
  • 9. The internationalization path of Wanxiang / Qing Lu, Yuan Sun and Mark Goh
  • 10. Greening the automotive supply chain / Miti Garg
  • 11. A case study of Singapore's automotive supply chain: preliminary analysis and findings / Balan Sundarakani, Robert De Souza and Mark Goh
  • 12. GIS, grid computing and RFID in healthcare information supply chain: a case for infectious disaster management / Yenming J. Chen
  • 13. Petroleum supply chain network design: a case analysis from Oman / Avninder Gill
  • 14. Commercial logistics vs. military logistics: a conceptual analysis / Siva Kumar and Aaron Chia
  • 15. Supply chain management for NGOs: case study of Akshaya Patra Foundation / Sumeet Gupta, Sanjib Pal and Saket Ranjan Praveer
  • 16. Understanding supply chain risk management: an in-depth analysis / Sumeet Gupta ... [et al.]
  • 17. Categorization of losses across supply chains: cases of manufacturing firms / Priyanka Singh, Faraz Syed and Geetika Sinha
  • 18. An analysis of issues and possible remedies in the adoption of rfid in retail supply chains of India / Sumeet Gupta and Sanjib Pal.

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