Managing global supply chains / Ron Basu and J. Nevan Wright.

"First published 2008 by Butterworth-Heinemann is an imprint of Elsevier as Total Supply Chain Management."

Ron Basu is Director of Performance Excellence Limited and a Visiting Executive Fellow at Henley Business School, University of Reading, UK. He is also a Visiting Professor at SKEMA Graduate School of Management, France.

J. Nevan Wright is a Lecturer in Supply Chain Management and Operations Management and was formally MBA Director for the Auckland Institute of Studies and an Associate Professor at Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- The role of supply chain as a key value driver in global market -- Why global supply chain management -- Understanding global supply chain management and its building blocks -- Building blocks of global supply chain -- Customer focus and demand -- Resource and capacity management -- Procurement, purchasing and supplier focus -- Inventory management -- Operations management -- Distribution management -- New demands and trends -- Supply chain management in service sectors -- Supply chain in emerging markets -- Digital revolution and e-supply chain -- Lean and agile supply chain -- Supply chain management in the retail sector -- Sustainable green supply chain -- Supply chain management in major projects -- Quantitative analysis and optimisation in global supply chains -- Global supply chain strategies -- Managing supply chain risks -- Integrating supply chain management -- Systems and procedures -- Sales and operations planning -- Global supply chain performance management -- Case study examples.