This book takes a process approach of identifying, evaluating, selecting, managing and developing suppliers to create more value for customers. It begins by outlining the mental shift necessary to build robust relationships with suppliers. Next, the book details strategic sourcing methodology: a...

Managing in an age of modularity / Carliss Y. Baldwin and Kim B. Clark -- Fast, global, and entrepreneurial : supply chain management, Hong Kong style : an interview with Victor Fung / Joan Magretta -- How Chrysler created an American Keiretsu / Jeffrey H. Dyer -- The power of trust in...

Figures; Tables; Contributors; Introduction; 1 Development and trends in supply chain management; 2 New directions in logistics; 3 Future trends in supply chain management management; 4 Agile supply chain operating environments environments; 5 Time compression in the supply chain supply chain; 6...

Industrie 4.0 and the Internet of Things have been positioned on the international stage as important initiatives of a promising future: Who is dealing in data from the digital factory? Germany has its “Plattform Industrie 4.0”, China “Made in China 2025” and the USA the “Industrial...

Logistics Trends, Challenges and Needs For Future Research and Innovation -- Business Models for Advanced ICT in Logistics -- Future-Proofing Supply Chains -- Gain Sharing in Horizontal Logistic Co-Operation: A Case Study in the Fresh Fruit and Vegetables Sector -- Scheduling Serial Locks: a...

Scale and Scope -- Adaptive Value Networks -- From Production to a Product Perspective -- Collaborative Solutions in the Single European Electronic Market (SEEM) -- Case Studies -- Supply Chain Solution Implementation -- Special Needs of SMEs and Micro Businesses -- Creating a Research Agenda...

Core Concepts and Practices -- Principles for the Strategic Design of Supply Chains -- Tactical Planning for Reinventing the Supply Chain -- The Role of Inventory in Superior Supply Chain Performance -- Supply Chain Performance Metrics -- Emerging Supply Chain Practices -- Sourcing Strategy and...

Einführung in die Problemstellung -- Die Supply Chain der europäischen Aviation-Industrie -- Innovationskooperationen für die Supply Chain der europäischen Aviation-Industrie -- Konstrukte, Indikatoren, Hypothesen und theoretische Modelle zur kooperativen Ideengenerierung entlang der Supply...

Automobilhersteller konzentrieren sich zunehmend auf ihre Kernkompetenzen und verlagern Wertschöpfung auf die Zulieferer, deren Bedeutung für den Erfolg der gesamten Wertschöpfungskette damit steigt. Nils Asmussen untersucht erstmals empirisch den Einfluss von inter-organisationalen Balanced...