The Supply Chain Management Casebook: Comprehensive Coverage and Best Practices in SCM - Hardcover

Munson, Chuck

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0133367231 ISBN 13: 9780133367232

Publisher: Financial Times/ Prentice Hall, 2013

Synopsis

30 up-to-date case studies illuminate every aspect of modern supply chain management

 

• Risk management, analytics, global supply chain issues, and much more

• Innovative processes, technologies, strategies, and tactics

• An indispensable resource for both students and practitioners

 

This casebook brings together 30 focused cases addressing virtually every aspect of supply chain management, from procurement to warehousing, strategy to risk management, IT to supplier selection and ethics. A global team of contributors presents key challenges in industries ranging from pharmaceuticals to fashion and previews issues ranging from the “limits of lean” to the potential of 3-D printing.

 

Cases vary in length and complexity, offering maximum flexibility to both instructors and readers; a convenient table provides fast access to specific topics. Qualitative cases are supported by relevant discussion questions and sample responses;  quantitative cases are supported by completed numerical solutions, and, where applicable, associated spreadsheets.

About this title

About the Author

Chuck Munson is a tenured Full Professor of Operations Management at Washington State University. His Ph.D. and MSBA in operations management, as well as his BSBA summa cum laude in finance, are from Washington University in St. Louis. He also worked for three years as a financial analyst for Contel Telephone Corporation. For two years, he served as Associate Dean for Graduate Programs in Business at Washington State.

 

Munson serves as a senior editor for Production and Operations Management , and he serves on the editorial review board of four other journals. He has published more than 20 articles in multiple journals, including Production and Operations Management , Decision Sciences, Naval Research Logistics , IIE Transactions , European Journal of Operational Research , Journal of the Operational Research Society, Annals of Operations Research , European Journal of Information Systems , Interfaces , Business Horizons , and International Journal of Procurement Management. His major awards include being a Founding Board Member of the Washington State University President’s Teaching Academy (2004); winning the WSU College of Business Outstanding Service Award (2009 and 2013), Research Award (2004), and Teaching Award (2001); and being named the WSU MBA Professor of the Year (2000 and 2008).

From the Back Cover

30 up-to-date case studies illuminate every aspect of modern supply chain management

 

• Risk management, analytics, global supply chain issues, and much more

• Innovative processes, technologies, strategies, and tactics

• An indispensable resource for both students and practitioners

 

This casebook brings together 30 focused cases addressing virtually every aspect of supply chain management, from procurement to warehousing, strategy to risk management, IT to supplier selection and ethics. A global team of contributors presents key challenges in industries ranging from pharmaceuticals to fashion and previews issues ranging from the “limits of lean” to the potential of 3-D printing.

 

Cases vary in length and complexity, offering maximum flexibility to both instructors and readers; a convenient table provides fast access to specific topics. Qualitative cases are supported by relevant discussion questions and sample responses;  quantitative cases are supported by completed numerical solutions, and, where applicable, associated spreadsheets.

Edition details

• Publisher: Financial Times/ Prentice Hall
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0133367231
• ISBN 13: 9780133367232
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 320