Product Details
ISBN: 978-1-394-21731-1 April 2024 416 Pages
Popular guide to the field, and comprehensive text presenting the most crucial tenets and concepts of supply chain management.
In the newly updated fifth edition of Essentials of Supply Chain Management, supply chain veteran Michael Hugos delivers a contemporary discussion of supply chain operations. He explains the supply chain issues and pitfalls companies are most likely to face in the modern marketplace and shows how to address them using both traditional and novel strategies.
The author describes supply chain innovation strategies based on his real-world experience and case studies and examples that have been proven to work in countries around the world. You’ll learn about:
- The Supply Chain Operations Reference (SCOR) model, a globally relevant standard diagnostic tool for supply chain management
- Techniques to improve risk management and resilience across your organization’s entire supply chain
- New issues in supply chain sustainability, as well as how the latest technologies are enabling real-time operating improvements up and down the supply chain
Perfect for logistics and supply chain professionals and students, Essentials of Supply Chain Management will remain a must-read for practitioners, managers, executives, board members, and other business leaders in organizations of all types and sizes.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Michael H. Hugos is co-Founder and CEO of SCM Globe, a provider of cloud-based supply chain modeling and simulation applications for education and business. He has worked with clients like Microsoft Xbox, Starbucks Coffee, US Navy Medical Logistics Command, and the World Food Program.