Global Supply Chain Management: Leveraging Processes, Measurements, and Tools for Strategic Corporate Advantage (BUSINESS BOOKS) - Hardcover

Hult, G. Tomas M.; Closs, David; Frayer, David

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0071827420 ISBN 13: 9780071827423

Publisher: McGraw Hill, 2013

Synopsis

HardCover. Pub Date :2013-10-17 Pages: 240 Language: English Publisher: McGraw-Hill About 90 percent of global demand is not fully met by local supply. and global supply chains will soon account for 25 percent of multinational firms performance meanwhile . supply chains need to become 43 percent more global in the next decade just to maintain a firms competitive edge.Written by three of todays leading experts on the subject each from Michigan State University. the uncontested world leader of supply chain management Global Supply Chain Management gives you the know-how and tools to dramatically boost supply chain efficiency by making it a core element of your overall corporate strategy.Global Supply Chain Management takes you step by step through the process of creating and managing a global supply chain strategy and aligning it . with the conditions of your industry Learn ev...

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About the Author:

G. Tomas M. Hult is the John W. Byington Endowed Chair, professor of marketing and international business, and director of the International Business Center in the Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State University. The Broad College has a Center for International Business Education and Research (CIBER), one of only 17 funded by the U.S. Department of Education, and is consistently ranked as a Top-25 business school. Learn more about Professor Hult at broad.msu.edu/facultystaff/hultA native of Sweden, Professor Hult received a mechanical engineer degree in Sweden before obtaining a PhD at The University of Memphis. In addition to Michigan State University, he has served on the faculties of Florida State University and the University of Arkansas at Little Rock. Dr. Hult holds visiting professorships in the International Business group of his native Uppsala University, Sweden (since 2013) and the International Business division of Leeds University, UK (since 2010). Michigan State, Uppsala, and Leeds are all ranked in the top 10 in the world in international business research.Several studies have ranked Professor Hult as one of the most cited scholars in the world in business and management. He served as editor of Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, a Financial Times Top-50 business journal, and has published more than 70 articles in premier business journals, including Journal of International Business Studies, Academy of Management Journal, Strategic Management Journal, Journal of Management, Journal of Marketing, Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science, Journal of Retailing, Journal of Operations Management, Decision Sciences, and IEEE. He has also published several textbooks including International Business (McGraw-Hill) and Global Business Today (McGraw-Hill). Dr. Hult's other books include Second Shift: The Inside Story of the Keep GM Movement, Global Supply Chain Management, Total Global Strategy, and Extending the Supply Chain. He is a regular contributor of op-ed and articles in the popular press (e.g., Time, Fortune, World Economic Forum, The Conversation).Professor Hult is a well-known keynote speaker on international business, international marketing, global supply chain management, global strategy, and marketing strategy. He teaches in doctoral, masters, and undergraduate programs at Michigan State University. He also teaches frequently in executive development programs and has developed a large clientele of the worlds top multinational corporations (e.g., ABB, Albertsons, Avon, BG, Bechtel, Bosch, BP, Defense Logistics Agency, Dominos, FedEx, Ford, FreshDirect, General Motors, GroceryGateway, HSBC, IBM, Michigan Economic Development Corporation, Masco, NASA, Raytheon, Shell, Siemens, State Farm, Steelcase, Tech Data, and Xerox).Tomas Hult is an elected Fellow of the Academy of International Business (AIB), one of only about 90 scholars worldwide receiving this honor, and serves as the executive director and foundation president of AIB. He also serves on the U.S. District Export Council and holds board member positions on the International Trade Center of Mid-Michigan and the Sheth Foundation.Tomas enjoys tennis, golf, and traveling as his favorite recreational activities.

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• Publisher: McGraw Hill
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0071827420
• ISBN 13: 9780071827423
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 272