Global Supply Chain and Operations Management: A Decision-Oriented Introduction to the Creation of Value (Springer Texts in Business and Economics)

The fourth edition of this textbook offers a structured introduction to global supply chain and operations management (SCOM), combining value creation networks and operational processes. It explains quantitative and organizational methods for planning and control of material, information, and financial flows in supply chains. Each chapter begins with an introductory case study, while numerous examples from various industries and services help to illustrate the key concepts. The book explains how to design operations and supply networks and collaborate with suppliers and customers. It shows how to balance supply and demand, a core aspect of tactical planning, before turning to the allocation of resources to meet customer needs. In addition, the book covers some advanced topics in SCOM, such as supply chain resilience, sustainability, Industry 4.0, artificial intelligence, and digital twins.

Providing readers with a working knowledge of global supply chain and operations management, with a focus on bridging the gap between theory and practice, this textbook can be used in core, specialized, and advanced classes alike. It is intended for a broad range of students and professionals in supply chain and operations management.

Dr. Dmitry Ivanov is a Professor of Supply Chain and Operations Management and Director of the Digital-AI Supply Chain Lab at the Berlin School of Economics and Law (HWR Berlin), Germany. For 25 years, he has taught operations management, supply chain management, and logistics at the undergraduate, graduate, PhD, and executive MBA levels. He is an internationally renowned expert in supply chain and operations management, industrial and control engineering, and artificial intelligence. He has authored over 470 publications, including over 180 papers in international academic journals and several books published with Springer. He has made fundamental and influential contributions, particularly exploring structural dynamics and control in complex networks with applications to supply chain resilience, Industry 4.0, supply chain simulation, risk analytics, and digital supply chain twins. Author of the Viable Supply Chain Model and founder of the ripple effect research. He is an active editor for several leading international journals and chairs major international conferences.

Dr. Alexander Tsipoulanidis, MBA, is a Professor of Supply Chain and Operations Management at the Berlin School of Economics and Law (HWR Berlin), Germany. He has over 25 years of international experience in factory planning and restructuring, optimizing existing operations, and supply chain and operations consulting. Dr. Tsipoulanidis has led teams to conduct “Lean Operations Assessments” within a production network spanning more than 40 international sites, has implemented SCM collaboration portals, and has run global SCM efficiency and restructuring programs. His research focuses on supply chain excellence and lean operations during the digital transformation.

Dr. Jörn Schönberger is a Professor of Business Management at the Technical University of Dresden, Germany, where he holds the Chair of Transport Services and Logistics as part of the Friedrich List Faculty of Transportation and Traffic Science. Before his current position, he was a Professor of Supply Chain and Operations Management at the Berlin School of Economics and Law (BSEL), Germany, and a senior researcher at the University of Bremen, Germany. He has been involved in several academic programs at different study levels in Germany and abroad, offering various courses at the interface of engineering and business management. His research interests include the model-based optimization and control of complex logistics systems, and the synchronization of information and material flows.