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Supply Chain Management: Text and Cases, 1/e


Supply Chain Management: Text and Cases, 1/e
Author(s)  Vinod V. Sople
ISBN  9788131760994
Imprint  Pearson Education
Copyright  2012
Pages  556
Binding  Paperback
List Price  Rs. 620.00
  
 
 

Supply Chain Management is essential for creating value for both customers and stakeholders. Effective supply chains help organizations to compete in both global and domestic markets. The book addresses these issues in seven parts, which deal with the basics of the supply chain, sub-systems of the supply chain, tactical and operational decisions, strategic approach to the supply chain, measurements, controls and sustainability practices. The author has used diagrams and examples for students to better appreciate the concepts.
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Prof. Vinod V. Sople is Director at the Dombivli Campus of ITM Business School. An active researcher in the areas of marketing, intellectual property rights, logistics and supply chain management, he was awarded a Ph.D. in Management by the University of Pune, from where he had earlier obtained a Master’s Degree in Business Administration. He graduated in Mechanical Engineering from Visvesvaraya Regional College of Engineering, Nagpur.

Prof. Sople has a rich industrial experience spanning twenty-fi ve years, having worked with reputed
companies such as Grindwell Norton, Crompton Greaves, Chicago Pneumatics, Amtek Projects and
Gujarat Perstorp in various capacities handling assignments in functional areas of marketing, distribution, customer service, projects and product management. He has over a decade of experience in teachingvarious management subjects within the country and abroad and has contributed several research papers and articles in leading management journals and magazines. He has authored fi ve books entitled Logistics Management, Managing Intellectual Property, Legal Aspects of Marketing in India, Business Process Outsourcing and E-Marketing. He is the chief editor of International Journal of Business Insights and Transformation and Supply Chain Pulse.
 

PART-I SUPPLY CHAIN BASICS
  1. Understanding Supply Chain
  2. Role of Logistics in Supply Chain
  3. Supply Chain vs. Demand Chain
  4. Value Creation Through Supply Chain

PART-II SUPPLY CHAIN SUB-SYSTEMS
  1. Supply Chain Planning
  2. Procurement Methods
  3. E-Procurement
  4. Strategic Sourcing
  5. Lean Manufacturing
  6. Distribution Decisions

PART-III TACTICAL AND OPERATIONAL DECISIONS
  1. Transportation and Freight Management
  2. Inventory Management
  3. Network Designing
  4. Information System and IT Enablement

PART-IV STRATEGIC APPROACH
  1. Alliances and Outsourcing
  2. Agile Supply Chain
  3. Global Supply Chain
  4. Reverse Supply Chain
  5. Supply Chain Optimization
  6. Re-engineering SC to Differential Strategies
  7. Supply Chain Integration Strategies
  8. Cold Chain Networking

PART-V MEASUREMENTS AND CONTROLS
  1. Quantitative Techniques in Supply Chain
  2. Supply Chain Risk Management
  3. Pricing, Costing and Financial Decisions
  4. Performance Measurement and Controls

PART-VI SUSTAINABILITY PROCESSES AND PRACTICES
  1. Sustainability Practices and ‘Greening’ of SC
  2. Regulatory Compliance
  3. Ethical Orientation

PART-VII CASES
  1. Palas Acqua
  2. Arihant Consumer Products (ACP)
  3. Rem Chemicals
  4. Mask Packaging
  5. Zapak Ltd
  6. Indian Paints
  7. Mann Diesel Sales and Services
  8. Padmini Motors Ltd
  9. Digital Storage (India) Ltd
  10. Zara
  11. Econ Industry
  12. Afcon Watches
  13. Zico
  14. La Vogue
  15. TRIKA Exports
 

  • In Practice box items in every chapter provide examples from real world companies
  • End-of-chapter exercises include review questions, Internet exercises, project assignments and video links
  • A part devoted to 15 comprehensive case studies
  • Large number of cases and box items from Indian companies such as Ambuja Cement Ltd, United Art Logistics, Shri Mahila Griha Udyog Lijjat Papad Cooperative Society, ITC Limited and Zapak Ltd.
 
 
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