Supply Chain Management Books

New and Published Books

1. Remanufacturing Modeling and Analysis

   By Mehmet Ali Ilgin, Surendra M. Gupta

   New, Now, Next. Consumers’ ever growing appetite to acquire new products and their short courtship with them has kept manufacturers busy not only expending resources at an alarming rate, but also depleting these resources and giving rise to waste and pollution at a correspondingly increasing and...

   Published March 19th 2012 by CRC Press
2. Managing Country Risk

   A Practitioner’s Guide to Effective Cross-Border Risk Analysis

   By Daniel Wagner

   What would you do if a law that enabled your investment to operate successfully abroad had just been changed, and your business could no longer operate profitably there? Imagine exporting goods to a government buyer only to discover after the fact that your home country, or the United Nations, has...

   Published February 14th 2012 by Productivity Press
3. Encyclopedia of Supply Chain Management - Two Volume Set

   Edited by James B. Ayers

   With coverage that touches on all aspects of supply chain management (SCM) the Encyclopedia of Supply Chain Management offers a comprehensive overview of fundamental topics, recent advances, and future directions. Comprised of more than 300 entries written by over 30 experts in the field, it...

   Published December 20th 2011 by CRC Press
4. Managing Supply Chains on the Silk Road

   Strategy, Performance, and Risk

   Edited by Çağrı Haksöz, Sridhar Seshadri, Ananth V. Iyer

   Historically important trade routes for goods of all kinds for more than 3000 years, the Silk Road has once again come to prominence. Managing Supply Chains on the Silk Road: Strategy, Performance, and Risk present emerging supply chain practices from the Silk Road regions that include China, Hong...

   Published December 20th 2011 by CRC Press
5. Building Network Capabilities in Turbulent Competitive Environments

   Practices of Global Firms from Korea and Japan

   By Young Won Park, Paul Hong

   Series: Resource Management

   Since the start of the recent financial crisis, as most global firms struggle to remain competitive, an increasing number of Korean and Japanese firms have experienced an amazing rate of growth and expansion. Although academic researchers and business leaders in the United States, China, Brazil,...

   Published December 18th 2011 by CRC Press
6. Integral Logistics Management

   Operations and Supply Chain Management Within and Across Companies, Fourth Edition

   By Paul Schönsleben

   Series: Resource Management

   From the Foreword of the First Edition of Integral Logistics Management: Operations and Supply Chain Management Within and Across Companies: "Changes in the world outside the company alter the way that we look at problems and priorities in the company itself. This presents new challenges to company...

   Published August 3rd 2011 by Auerbach Publications
7. Lean Management Principles for Information Technology

   By Gerhard J. Plenert

   Series: Resource Management

   Whether it's because of a lack of understanding, poor planning, or a myriad of other things, 50 to 60 percent of the IT effort in most companies can be considered waste. Explaining how to introduce Lean principles to your IT functions to reduce and even eliminate this waste, Lean...

   Published July 27th 2011 by CRC Press
8. Internet Retail Operations

   Integrating Theory and Practice for Managers

   By Timothy M. Laseter, Elliot Rabinovich

   Series: Supply Chain Integration Modeling, Optimization and Application

   The increasing popularity of online shopping makes Internet retailing a megatrend that cannot be ignored. The collaboration of two co-authors bringing academic rigor and broad consulting experience into the mix, Internet Retail Operations: Integrating Theory and Practice for Managers offers...

   Published July 18th 2011 by Taylor & Francis
9. RFID and Auto-ID in Planning and Logistics

   A Practical Guide for Military UID Applications

   By Erick C. Jones, Christopher A. Chung

   As RFID technology is becoming increasingly popular, the need has arisen to address the challenges and approaches to successful implementation. RFID and Auto-ID in Planning and Logistics: A Practical Guide for Military UID Applications presents the concepts for students, military personnel and...

   Published May 3rd 2011 by CRC Press
10. Lean Supply Chain Management Essentials

    A Framework for Materials Managers

    By Bill Kerber, Brian J. Dreckshage

    Presenting an alternate approach to supply chain management, Lean Supply Chain Management Essentials: A Framework for Materials Managers explains why the traditional materials planning environment, typically embodied by an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, is an ineffective support system...

    Published March 24th 2011 by CRC Press