| Title | : | Decision-Making for Supply Chain Integration |
|---|---|---|
| Author | : | Hing Kai Chan, Fiona Lettice & Olatunde Amoo Durowoju |
| Release | : | 2012-05-01 |
| Kind | : | ebook |
| Genre | : | Business & Personal Finance, Books, Professional & Technical, Engineering, Management & Leadership |
| Size | : | 3622678 |
| Effective supply chain integration, and the tight co-ordination it creates, is an essential pre-requisite for successful supply chain management. Decision-Making for Supply Chain Integration is a practical reference on recent research in the area of supply chain integration focusing on distributed decision-making problems. Recent applications of various decision-making tools for integrating supply chains are covered including chapters focusing on: •Supplier selection, pricing strategy and inventory decisions in multi-level supply chains, •RFID-enabled distributed decision-making, •Operational risk issues and time-critical decision-making for sensitive logistics nodes, Modelling end to end processes to improve supply chain integration, and •Integrated systems to improve service delivery and optimize resource use. Decision-Making for Supply Chain Integration provides an insight into the tools and methodologies of this field with support from real-life case studies demonstrating successful application of various decision-making techniques. By covering such a range of topics in this way, Decision-Making for Supply Chain Integration is a useful reference for researchers looking to develop their knowledge or find potential new avenues of research. |
