Successful strategies in supply chain management

• Corporate Author: IGI Global.
• Other Authors: Chan, Chi-Kin, 1959-, Lee, H. W. J.
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Hershey, Pa. : IGI Global (701 E. Chocolate Avenue, Hershey, Pennsylvania, 17033, USA), c2005.
• Subjects: Business logistics.
• Online Access: View fulltext via EzAccess

"Successful Strategies in Supply Chain Management provides the tools and techniques for organizations to streamline their supply chain. From acquiring resources to distribution outlets, this book touches on all phases of the supply chain, giving readers the assets they need to obtain that impor...

Table of Contents:

• 1. A co-ordinated single-vendor multi-buyer supply chain model : synchronisation of ordering and production cycles / Chi Kin Chan, Brian G. Kingsman
• 2. Multi-stage efficiency tools for goal setting and monitoring in supply chains / Marvin D. Troutt, Paul J. Ambrose, Chi Kin Chan
• 3. Optimal feedback production for a supply chain / K.H. Wong, H.W.J. Lee, and Chi Kin Chan
• 4. Life cycle considerations for supply chain strategy / Toru Higuchi, Marvin D. Troutt, and Brian A. Polin
• 5. The effect of payment terms on order : instability in a supply chain / I. Nyoman Pujawan
• 6. Supply chain globalization and the complexities of cost-minimization strategies / Brian A. Polin, Marvin D. Troutt, and William Acar
• 7. Genetic algorithm & other meta-heuristics : the essential tools for solving modern supply chain management problems / Bernard K-S. Cheung
• 8. Understanding and managing the intrinsic dynamics of supply chains / Toru Higuchi, Marvin D. Troutt
• 9. Re-engineering of logistics activities for electronic commerce / Nathalie Marcoux, Diane Riopel, and André Langevin
• 10. Studies on interaction and coordination in supply chains with perishable products : a review / Xiping Song, Xiaoqinag Cai, Jian Chen.