Supply Chain Management Best Practices

This new edition shows readers how to build supply chains that work by showing them how leading companies are doing it. It identifies world supply chains in ten different industries and explains in detail how these companies got to where they are. It reveals the proven strategies, solutions and performance metrics used by leading companies to design their extended enterprises. It also offers guidance on the latest technology, green supply chains, going lean, how to choose third party logistics providers, and how to manage the supply chain in a global environment.Tentative table of contents: (1) If Supply Chain Is the Answer, Then What's the Question? (2) Anatomy of a Supply Chain (3) Supply Chain Metrics: Measuring Up to High Standards (4) Planning & Forecasting (5) Procurement: Go Right to the Source (6) Manufacturing: Supply Chain on the Make (7) Transportation: Logistics a la Mode (8) Distribution & Warehousing (9) Site Selection: Location, Location, Location (10) Globalization: It's not a Small World (11) Customer Service: Keeping the Customer Satisfied (12) 3PLs: When You'd Rather Not Do It Yourself (13) Collaboration: Extending the Enterprise (14) Security: Seeking Shelter from Supply Chain Storms (15) RFID: A Game of Tags (16) Green Supply Chains (17) Continuous Improvement

DAVID BLANCHARD is an award-winning journalist and the Editorial Director and Associate Publisher of Penton Media's Supply Chain Group. He has served as editor-in-chief of several Penton magazines, including IndustryWeek, the leading publication for manufacturing professionals, Logistics Today, and Supply Chain Technology News. He has also launched and edited numerous print and online publications covering the supply chain, transportation, manufacturing, and computer industries. He is a frequent speaker at major supply chain industry events. He lives in a suburb of Cleveland, Ohio.