Fully revised and expanded, the Second Edition contains valuable
tips, techniques, illustrative real-world examples, exhibits, and
best practices. This handy and concise paperback will help you stay
up to date on the newest thinking, strategies, developments, and
technologies in supply chain management.
‘Michael Hugos presents the core concepts and techniques of supply
chain management in a clear, concise, and easily readable style for
those desiring an introduction to the subject or for those wanting
to refine their understanding and application of supply chain
issues. The case studies and executive insights are very useful in
illustrating how to effectively employ supply chains to enable
companies to accomplish their business goals.’
-Perry J. Gaid, Vice President of Purchasing, One Source Facility
Services, Inc.
‘My company is involved in both manufacturing and distribution. Mr.
Hugos’s book provides a valuable framework of concepts and
techniques that people at all levels of the company can use to
organize and improve our supply chain management capabilities and
tie them to our business strategy.’
-Grant Watkinson, Ph.D., President, Coastwide Laboratories,
Inc.
Praise for the First Edition
‘An excellent introduction into supply chain management . . . a
book you should own and loan out to others frequently.’
-Supply Management
‘In clear and concise prose, this lean book outlines the most
crucial tenets and concepts of supply chain management.’
-Supply Chain Management Review
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Table of Content
Preface.
Acknowledgments.
1. Key Concepts of Supply Chain Management.
2. Supply Chain Operations: Planning and Sourcing.
3. Supply Chain Operations: Making and Delivering.
4. Using Information Technology.
5. Metrics for Measuring Supply Chain Performance.
6. Supply Chain Coordination.
7. Defining Supply Chain Opportunities.
8. Creating Supply Chains for Competitive Advantage.
9. The Promise of the Real-Time Supply Chain.
Index.
About the author
MICHAEL HUGOS is a business executive with more than twenty years’ experience in logistics and supply chain management. He is an award-winning Chief Information Officer who integrates technology and business operations to create supply chains for competitive advantage. Mr. Hugos is also the author of Building the Real-Time Enterprise: An Executive Briefing and the coauthor of Supply Chain Management in the Retail Industry. He holds an MBA from Northwestern University’s Kellogg School of Management.
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