Supply Chain Management: Theories & Practices

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Salient Features The book addresses Supply Chain Management (SCM) as concerns with 'integration' of firms in the face of coordinating materials and information flows within a procurement-production-distribution network in order to attain the enterprise's goals. The book is concerted effort to explain a set of concepts and methods to grasp the adoption and application of SCM concepts supported by contemporary case studies. Not just improving supply chain efficiency by usage of information technology, the book covers sound supply and distribution management processes impacting the bottomline results of the enterprises. The book aims totransform the traditional mindsets of managers and professionals and help them in preparing a holistic map for transforming te SCM systems and procedures. The book provides ample guidelines for the practitioners for implementing SCM initiatives to learn basically why, what and how of Supply Chain Management. About The Author R.P. Mohanty: Prof. Mohanty is currently the Vice President (Manpower & Training) at The Associated Cement Companies Ltd., Mumbai. He holds a Ph.D. in Management. S.G. Deshmukh: Prof. Deshmukh is currently teaching in the mechanical engineering department of IIT, New Delhi. He received his B. Tech. (Mech.), M. Tech. (Ind. Engg. & OR) and Ph.D. from IIT Bombay. Table Of Contents Prologue Chapter 1: Supply Chain Management: What and Why? Chapter 2: Strategies Decisions in Supply Chain Management Chapter 3: Source Management in Supply Chain Chapter 4: Inventory Management in Supply Chain Chapter 5: Transportation Management in the Supply Chain Chapter 6: Information Technology in Supply Chain Chapter 7: Information Systems in Supply Chain Chapter 8: Mathematical Modelling for Supply Chain Chapter 9: Reverse Supply Chain Chapter 10: Integration and Collaborative Supply Chain Chapter 11: Agile Supply Chain Chapter 12: Cases in Supply Chain Epilogue Glossary: Commonly Used Terms in Supply Chain Management Bibliography