Global Logistics and Supply Chain Management

✍ Scribed by Lalwani, Chandra C.;Mangan, John J

• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
• Year: 2016
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 418
• Edition: 3rd edition
• Category: Library

✦ Table of Contents

Foreword ix About the authors xi About the contributors xiii Preface xv Acknowledgements xix Map xxi PART ONE LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN CONTEXT 1 1. Introduction 3 2. Globalisation and International Trade 20 3. Supply Chain Relationships 34 4. Supply Chain Strategies 57 Part One Case Studies 77 Dell s Configure-to-Order (CTO) Supply Chain Strategy 77 The Medical Devices Company 80 Humanitarian Aid Supply Chains 81 Global Supply Chains in Motion: The Case of Jaguar Land Rover 89 PART TWO LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN OPERATIONS 101 5. Transport in Supply Chains 103 6. Transport Security 117 7. Logistics Service Providers 131 8. Procurement 142 9. Inventory Management 167 10. Warehousing and Materials Handling 189 11. Technology in the Supply Chain 208 12. Information and Finance Flows in the Supply Chain 220 Part Two Case Studies 239 John Lewis Partnership: Semi-Automated National Distribution Centre 239 Air Cargo in the United Kingdom 244 Port Logistics City: A Case Study of Melbourne in Australia 249 PART THREE SUPPLY CHAIN DESIGNS 253 13. Supply Chain Vulnerability, Risk, Robustness and Resilience 255 14. Sustainable Logistics and Supply Chain Systems 275 15. Reverse Logistics 289 16. Service Supply Chains 306 17. Management Science Applications 317 18. Emerging Supply Chain Designs 329 Part Three Case Studies 338 Patient Safety and the Pharmaceutical Supply Chain 338 Contamination in the Bulk Agri-Commodity Logistics Chain 347 Why Supply Chains should be Involved in Product Design 354 EIB Transport Project Appraisal 358 From Terrestrial to Extraterrestrial Supply Chain Networks 370 Glossary 372 Index 383