05009nam 2200661Ia 450 991078560120332120230721013801.09788763099783 (e-book)(CKB)2670000000065970(EBL)3400801(SSID)ssj0000518999(PQKBManifestationID)11351674(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000518999(PQKBWorkID)10495084(PQKB)10426913(MiAaPQ)EBC3400801(Au-PeEL)EBL3400801(CaPaEBR)ebr10465564(OCoLC)923360195(EXLCZ)99267000000006597020070706d2007 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrManaging the global supply chain[electronic resource] /Tage Skjøtt-Larsen ... [et al.]3rd ed.Copenhagen Copenhagen Business School ;Malmö Liber20071 online resource (459 p.)Description based upon print version of record.9788763001717 (paperback) Includes bibliographical references (p. 425-452) and index.""Managing the Global Supply Chain""; ""Overview of Contents""; ""Contents""; ""Preface""; ""1. Introduction to the Supply Chain""; ""Introduction to Supply Chain Management""; ""The Supply Chain""; ""Supply Chain Management (SCM)""; ""The Customer Orientation""; ""Multiple Management Perspectives""; ""The Characteristics of the Supply Chain""; ""Understanding the Supply Chain""; ""The Framework""; ""Systemic Approach""; ""Supply Chain Processes""; ""The Management Tasks""; ""The New Corporate Environment""; ""A Model of the Global Supply Chain""; ""The Approach of the Book""; ""Concepts""""Processes""""Management Issues""; ""Summary""; ""2. Structure and Process""; ""The Value Chain and the Value System""; ""The Structure of the Supply Chain""; ""The Concept of Postponement""; ""Building Structure""; ""The Bullwhip Effect""; ""What are Activities?""; ""Core Competencies and Outsourcing""; ""Components in Supply Chain Management""; ""Network Structure""; ""Management Components""; ""Concluding Comments""; ""3. Inter-organizational Relationships""; ""Relationships from a Network Perspective""; ""Industrial Networks""; ""Transactions""; ""The Firm as a Nexus of Contracts""""Boundaries and Governance""""Static versus Dynamic Boundaries""; ""Is Transaction Cost Theory »Bad for Practice«?""; ""TCA Focuses on Cost Efficiency""; ""Asset Specificity based on »Sunk Costs«""; ""Too Costly to Develop or Acquire Specific Assets""; ""Perceptions of Trust""; ""Developing Collaborative Relationships""; ""Conclusion""; ""Illustrative Case""; ""Benetton's Supply Networks""; ""4. The Information System for the Supply Chain""; ""Introduction""; ""Logistics Information""; ""Information Exchange""; ""Information and Operations""""The Concept of a Supply Chain Information System""""The Intra-firm Information System""; ""The Inter-firm Information System""; ""Interface Optimization""; ""Elements of the Information System""; ""On-demand Computing""; ""Software Systems""; ""Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)""; ""Software for Supply Chain Management""; ""General Application Areas for Supply Chain Information Systems""; ""Communications""; ""Concluding Comments""; ""Illustrative Case""; ""Gillette and RFID""; ""5. Distribution""; ""International Markets""; ""The Structure of International Distribution""""Global Marketing""""The Complexity of Distribution""; ""The Major Elements of Distribution and its Requirements""; ""Deficiencies of Traditional Distribution and Distribution Dynamics""; ""Push versus Pull""; ""The Marketing Channel""; ""Major Channel Decisions""; ""Sales Decisions""; ""Physical Distribution Decisions""; ""Global Retail Distribution""; ""Retailing as a Supply Chain Function""; ""Grocery Retailing""; ""Garments""; ""Global Retail Logistics Operations""; ""E-commerce and the Supply Chain""; ""The Attractiveness of a New Channel""; ""The Case of Grocery E-tailing""""The Structure of E-commerce Fulfillment""Business logisticsPhysical distribution of goodsManagementIndustrial procurementManagementInternational business enterprisesManagementBusiness logistics.Physical distribution of goodsManagement.Industrial procurementManagement.International business enterprisesManagement.658.7Skjott-Larsen Tage117164Skjott-Larsen Tage117164Schary Philip B117163MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910785601203321Managing the global supply chain3784965UNINA