Supply Chain Planning, Second Edition: An Analytics-based Approach

Through this book, practitioners will obtain valuable new insights and examples of implementable frameworks and methods for managing their supply chain functions and organizations.The critical role that supply chain planning contributes to a firm's financial well-being has never been greater. All too often, however, considerable managerial resources are directed toward planning activities with minimal results. In this book, we present proven, practical management frameworks used by the authors to support supply chain operations management and planning in private industry. These frameworks provide methodologies for managing critical activities such as supply chain strategic planning and project selection, manufacturing and distribution planning, performance measurement, supply chain risk management, and customer logistics and inventory deployment.This book is intended for supply chain professionals, as well as for graduate and advanced undergraduate students. Practitioners will obtain valuable new insights and examples of implementable frameworks and methods for managing their supply chain functions and organizations. Students will develop an understanding of real-world approaches for supply chain planning, decision support, and many other key activities. Half Title Title Page Copyright Page Contents Foreword (Dr. Jeffrey Karrenbauer) Chapter 1 Introduction Chapter 2 Supply Chain Strategic Planning Chapter 3 Hierarchical Supply Chain Planning and Scheduling Frameworks Chapter 4 Supply Chain Risk Management Chapter 5 Decision Support Frameworks and Methods for Effective Supply Chain Management Chapter 6 Frameworks for Supply Chain Performance Management Chapter 7 The Link between a Firm’s Profitability, Outbound Logistics Performance, and Its Performance Measurement Framework Chapter 8 Conclusion References About the Authors Index Back Cover The critical role that supply chain planning contributes to a firm's financial well-being has never been greater. This book presents proven, practical management frameworks used by the authors to support supply chain operations management and planning in private industry.