Managing Commodity Price Risk: A Supply Chain Perspective (AGENCY/DISTRIBUTED) - Softcover

George A. Zsidisin (author) & Janet L. Hartley (author)

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1606492624 ISBN 13: 9781606492628

Publisher: Business Expert Press, 2012

Synopsis

Every business is exposed to financial risk stemming from commodity price volatility. Risk exposure may be direct from the prices paid for raw materials needed for operations or indirect from higher energy and transportation costs. The purpose of this book is to provide an approach that organizations can implement to manage commodity price volatility and reduce their exposure to financial risk. This topic is important for current and future supply chain professionals due to the significant direct financial effects that price volatility has on profitability, organizational cash flow, the ability to competitively price products, new product design, buyer-supplier relationships, and effective negotiating.

About this title

About the Author:

Janet L. Hartley is Professor and Director of the Supply Chain Management Institute of the Department of Management at Bowling Green State University. She received her BS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Missouri-Rolla, and the MBA and PhD degrees in Business Administration from the University of Cincinnati. Prior to graduate school, she developed new products and designed new manufacturing processes for the Clorox Company. She has published over 28 articles on supply management and supply chain management. She serves as an associate editor for the Journal of Operations Management, Journal of Business Logistics, and Journal of Supply Chain Management.

About this edition

• Publisher: Business Expert Press
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1606492624
• ISBN 13: 9781606492628
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 110