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Supply chain management : strategy, planning, and operation / Sunil Chopra, Peter Meindl.

By: Chopra, Sunil, 1960- [author.].
Contributor(s): Meindl, Peter, 1970- [author.].
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Upper Saddle River : Pearson, 2019Copyright date: ©2019Edition: Seventh edition; Global edition.Description: 528 pages : charts (black and white) ; 26 cm.Content type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781292257891 (paperback) :.Subject(s): Business logisticsDDC classification: 658.7 CHO
Contents:
Part I: Building a Strategic Framework to Analyze Supply Chains -- Understanding the Supply Chain -- Supply Chain Performance: Achieving Strategic Fit and Scope -- Supply Chain Drivers and Metrics -- Part II: Designing the Supply Chain Network -- Designing Distribution Networks and Applications to Online Sales -- Network Design in the Supply Chain -- Designing Global Supply Chain Networks -- Part III: Planning and Coordinating Demand and Supply in a Supply Chain -- Demand Forecasting in a Supply Chain -- Aggregate Planning in a Supply Chain -- Sales and Operations Planning in a Supply Chain -- Coordination in a Supply Chain -- Part IV: Planning and Managing Inventories in a Supply Chain -- Managing Economies of Scale in a Supply Chain: Cycle Inventory -- Managing Uncertainty in a Supply Chain: Safety Inventory -- Linking Product Availability to Profits -- Part V: Designing and Planning Transportation Networks -- Transportation in a Supply Chain -- Part VI: Managing Cross Functional Drivers in a Supply Chain -- Sourcing Decisions in a Supply Chain -- Pricing and Revenue Management in a Supply Chain -- Sustainability and the Supply Chain -- Part VII: Online Chapter -- Information Technology in a Supply Chain.
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General lending MTU Kerry North Campus Library First Floor Main 658.7 CHO (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Checked out 20/10/2026 38888000949887
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Gain the practical tools to solve supply chain problems.

Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Planning and Operation, 7th edition, Global Edition, by Sunil Chopra, introduces you to high-level strategy and concepts. A strategic framework guides you through all the key drivers of supply chain performance, including facilities, inventory, transportation, information, sourcing, and pricing. The 7th edition embeds compelling case study examples to illustrate how good supply chain management offers a competitive advantage and how poor supply chain management can damage an organisation's performance. With this text, you can gain a deeper understanding of supply chains and a firm grasp of the practical managerial levers that can improve supply chain performance.

With a range of in-text features and essential learning tools, this text is perfect for MBA, engineering masters, or senior-level undergraduate courses in supply chain management.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I: Building a Strategic Framework to Analyze Supply Chains -- Understanding the Supply Chain -- Supply Chain Performance: Achieving Strategic Fit and Scope -- Supply Chain Drivers and Metrics -- Part II: Designing the Supply Chain Network -- Designing Distribution Networks and Applications to Online Sales -- Network Design in the Supply Chain -- Designing Global Supply Chain Networks -- Part III: Planning and Coordinating Demand and Supply in a Supply Chain -- Demand Forecasting in a Supply Chain -- Aggregate Planning in a Supply Chain -- Sales and Operations Planning in a Supply Chain -- Coordination in a Supply Chain -- Part IV: Planning and Managing Inventories in a Supply Chain -- Managing Economies of Scale in a Supply Chain: Cycle Inventory -- Managing Uncertainty in a Supply Chain: Safety Inventory -- Linking Product Availability to Profits -- Part V: Designing and Planning Transportation Networks -- Transportation in a Supply Chain -- Part VI: Managing Cross Functional Drivers in a Supply Chain -- Sourcing Decisions in a Supply Chain -- Pricing and Revenue Management in a Supply Chain -- Sustainability and the Supply Chain -- Part VII: Online Chapter -- Information Technology in a Supply Chain.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Sunil Chopra is the IBM Distinguished Professor of Operations Management and Information Systems at the Kellogg School of Management. He has a PhD in operations research from SUNY IBM Research. Professor Chopra's research and teaching interests are in supply chain and logistics management, operations management, combinatorial optimization, and the design of telecommunication networks.