Decision-Making for Supply Chain Integration: Supply Chain Integration

Hing Kai Chan (Curatore)

Fiona Lettice (Curatore)

Springer London Ltd, 2012

Effective supply chain integration, and the tight co-ordination it creates, is an essential pre-requisite for successful supply chain management.  Decision-Making for Supply Chain Integration is a practical reference on recent research in the area of supply chain integration focusing on distributed decision-making problems. Recent applications of various decision-making tools for integrating supply chains are covered including chapters focusing on: Supplier selection, pricing strategy and inventory decisions in multi-level supply chains, RFID-enabled distributed decision-making, Operational risk issues and time-critical decision-making for sensitive logistics nodes, Modelling end to end processes to improve supply chain integration, and Integrated systems to improve service delivery and optimize resource use. Decision-Making for Supply Chain Integration provides an insight into the tools and methodologies of this field with support from real-life case studies demonstrating successful application of various decision-making techniques. By covering such a range of topics in this way, Decision-Making for Supply Chain Integration is a useful reference for researchers looking to develop their knowledge or find potential new avenues of research.

• Curatore: Hing Kai Chan, Fiona Lettice
• Editore: Springer London Ltd
• Collana: Decision Engineering
• Anno: 2012
• Rilegatura: Hardback
• Pagine: 256 p.
• Dimensioni: 235 x 155 mm
• EAN: 9781447140320

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