TY - BOOK AU - Chopra,Sunil AU - Meindl,Peter TI - Supply chain management: strategy, planning, and operation SN - 0130264652 SN - 978013026 AV - HF5415.13 .C533 PY - 2001/// CY - Upper Saddle River, NJ PB - Prentice Hall KW - Marketing channels KW - Management KW - Delivery of goods KW - Physical distribution of goods KW - Customer services KW - Industrial procurement KW - Materials management N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; I. BUILDING A STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK TO ANALYZE SUPPLY CHAINS. 1. Understanding the Supply Chain. 2. Supply Chain Performance: Achieving Strategic Fit and Scope. 3. Supply Chain Drivers and Obstacles. II. PLANNING DEMAND AND SUPPLY IN A SUPPLY CHAIN. 4. Demand Forecasting in a Supply Chain. 5. Aggregate Planning in a Supply Chain. 6. Planning Supply and Demand in the Supply Chain: Managing Predictable Variability. III. PLANNING AND MANAGING INVENTORIES IN A SUPPLY CHAIN. 7. Managing Economies of Scale in the Supply Chain: Cycle Inventory. 8. Managing Uncertainty in a Supply Chain: Safety Inventory. 9. Determining Optimal Level of Product Availability. IV. TRANSPORTATION, NETWORK DESIGN, AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN A SUPPLY CHAIN. 10. Transportation in a Supply Chain. 11. Facility Decisions: Network Design in a Supply Chain. 12. Information Technology in a Supply Chain. V. COORDINATING A SUPPLY CHAIN AND THE ROLE OF E-BUSINESS. 13. Coordination in a Supply Chain. 14. E-business and the Supply Chain. VI. FINANCIAL FACTORS INFLUENCING SUPPLY CHAIN DECISIONS. 15. Financial Evaluation of Supply Chain Decisions. Name Index. Subject Index ER -