Integrates the theory and practices of supply chain management. This book focuses on how to build a competitive supply chain using viable management strategies, operational models, decision-making techniques, and information technology. It also includes initiatives such as e-commerce, collaborative planning, forecasting, and replenishment (CPFR).

Concepts and Strategic Issues: Supply Chain Management: An Evolutionary View; The Right Design of Supply Chain: Examples; Purchasing, Supply Network, Strategic Sourcing: Purchasing and e-Procurement; Supplier Relations and Strategic Sourcing; Demand Transformation in Supply Chain: Demand Management: Customer Order Forecast; Transforming Demand in Supply Chain: Production Planning and Scheduling; Managing Inventories in Supply Chain; Transportation and Logistics: Logistic Network and Distribution; Transportation Systems and e-Distribution; e-Business Solutions: e-Business Solutions: The Enabler of Global Supply Chain; Business Intelligence in Supply Chain Management: Data, Information, and Knowledge; Supply Chain Performance and Evaluation: Performance Measures: From Order Winning to Order Fulfillment.