Springer Supply Chain Analysis: A Handbook on the Interaction of Information, System and Optimization: 119 (International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, 119)

Edited by a team of top researchers including the world-renowned Christopher Tang of UCLA, this is a brilliantly realized work focusing on the analysis of supply chain interaction issues in emerging markets and industry sectors. Review From the reviews: "The authors of ‘Supply Chain Analysis’ collected twelve academic articles that discuss specific branches (supermarkets, chemicals, cosmetics, containers, clothing and second-hand goods) and that view topical themes … in a academic and sometimes mathematical context. Every chapter is, in fact, a well thought-out article about subjects that really … should, take up an entire book by themselves. … this book is successful initiative towards taking a more scientific approach to supply chain management, without losing track of practical usefulness." (Supply Chain Movement, October, 2009) “‘Supply Chain Analysis: A Handbook on the Interaction of Information, System and Optimisation’ is an informative and wide-ranging collection of supply chain analysis research in line with Springer’s series of titles on this subject. … Several chapters use more descriptive and qualitative investigation techniques to covey the issues of their particular problem. A number of studies combine both approaches in a very informative way. … it is an interesting collection for those interested in the analysis of supply chains.” (H. Daly, Journal of the Operational Research Society, Vol. 61, 2010) From the Back Cover SUPPLY CHAIN ANALYSIS: A Handbook on the Interaction of Information, System, and Optimization is a carefully developed work focused on the analysis of supply chain interaction issues in emerging markets and industry sectors. It is a leading-edge handbook that will emphasize where little work has been done and where the "rubber meets the road" ― the supply chain process, information, and systems integration. These are pertinent issues facing practitioners and researchers in today’s business environment. This is a gap-bridging handbook that analyzes interaction issues from both the research and practitioner sides. The result is a volume that examines and provides practical solutions on interaction issues while being firmly grounded in research principles. Some of the topical areas the Handbook examines are: The issue of supply chain design, from the perspective of foreign cosmetic companies in China; The issue of supply chain coordination among the grocery manufacturers. Most notably, the opportunity for strategic, multi-lateral collaboration through a shared distribution network; The impact of online secondary markets on the operational issues of a supply chain; The critical importance of risk and disruption in supply chain; and the huge issue of integrating demand and supply, hence the need to synchronize the supply chain with the demand chain.