{"product_id":"9780133474619","title":"The Definitive Guide to Modern Supply Chain Management (Collection)","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eA brand new collection of state-of-the-art guides to more effective supply chain management… 4 pioneering books, now in a convenient e-format, at a great price!\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e4 up-to-the-minute books help you build and optimize agile, flexible, efficient global supply chains — \u003ci\u003ein the face of any challenge!\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAs a supply chain or operations professional, you face unprecedented challenges in delivering the agile, resilient, efficient supply chain your company needs. This indispensable 4-book package gives you unprecedented resources, best practices, tools, and case studies for managing each of these challenges. \u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eGlobal Macrotrends and Their Impact on Supply Chain Management\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e shows how to manage supply and demand in the face of massively disruptive emerging societal, technological, geopolitical, and environmental macro trends. You’ll find a complete decision framework and practical tools, insights, and guidance for systematically mitigating new risks and building long-term competitive advantage. Step by step, you’ll walk through assessing and responding to population growth, migration, urbanization; socioeconomic change, global connectivity, environmental issues, geopolitics, growing scarcity, transportation congestion, aging infrastructure, and more. Next, \u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eSupply Chain Network Design\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e helps you use strategic network design techniques to drive dramatic new savings throughout your supply chain. The authors, who are experts at IBM and Northwestern University, combine rigorous principles \u003ci\u003eand\u003c\/i\u003e practical applications, helping you optimize the right number, location, territory, and size of warehouses, plants, and production lines; and optimize product flow through even the most complex global supply chains. They help you manage tradeoffs such as cost vs. service level, improve operational decision-making through analytics; and re-optimize regularly for even greater savings. Then, \u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eDemand and Supply Integration \u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eshows how to implement world-class demand forecasting management, and effectively integrate it into comprehensive Demand and Supply Integration (DSI) processes. You’ll learn how to recognize failures of demand\/supply integration, approach Demand Forecasting as a management process, and choose and apply the best forecasting techniques. You’ll discover how to thoroughly reflect market intelligence in forecasts; measure forecasting performance; implement advanced demand forecasting systems; manage Demand Reviews, and more. Finally, \u003cb\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Supply Chain Management Casebook\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003ebrings together 30 up-to-date, focused case studies illuminating every aspect of modern supply chain management — from procurement to warehousing, strategy to risk management, IT to supplier selection and ethics. Contributors present key challenges in industries ranging from pharmaceuticals to fashion, and preview issues ranging from the “limits of lean” to the potential of 3-D printing. Both qualitative and quantitative cases are included; quantitative cases are supported by completed numerical solutions, and, where applicable, associated spreadsheets.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eFrom supply chain experts \u003c\/i\u003e \u003cb\u003eChad W. Autry, Thomas J. Goldsby, John E. Bell, Michael Watson, Sara Lewis, Peter Cacioppi, Jay Jayaraman, Mark A. Moon, \u003c\/b\u003eand\u003cb\u003e Chuck Munson\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Pearson Education","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47119721660656,"sku":"9780133474619","price":329.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9780133474619_p0.jpg?v=1763641394","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780133474619","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}