Cases on Supply Chain and Distribution

professionals in multinational companies may face several challenges related to the multi-linguistic, multi-faceted aspects of supply chain management in developing and developed economies. Under-developed infrastructures, archaic technology and lack of knowledge of indigenous supply-chain management systems have hampered the growth of markets and indigenous businesses in emerging economies.

Foreword	p. xvi
Preface	p. xix
Acknowledgment	p. xxii
Logistics Clusters and Services
A Case Study of Singapore as a Logistics Cluster	p. 1
Transport and Logistics in Dubai: A High Stakes Play	p. 36
Assessing Trade Friendliness of Logistics Services in ASEAN	p. 54
Perishable and Commodity Products Supply Chains
Fruitful Market Mediation: Challenges in Implementing Coopetition	p. 80
Supply Chains of Commodity Products in India: The Case of Rice	p. 97
Multilayered Distribution System in India: Practice and Issues	p. 116
A Study of Eco-Friendly Supply Chain Management at Cement Industries of Chhattisgarh	p. 146
Aeronautical and Automotive Supply Chains
When Supply Chain Strategy Does not Match Supply Chain Capabilities: Lessons that can be Learnt from the Supply Chain of Boeing 787	p. 159
The Internationalization Path of Wanxiang	p. 178
Greening the Automotive Supply Chain	p. 189
A Case Study of Singapore's Automotive Supply Chain: Preliminary Analysis and Findings	p. 200
Specialized Supply Chains
GIS, Grid Computing and RFID in Healthcare Information Supply Chain: A Case for Infectious Disaster Management	p. 256
Petroleum Supply Chain Network Design: A Case Analysis from Oman	p. 269
Commercial Logistics vs. Military Logistics: A Conceptual Analysis	p. 290
Supply Chain Management forNGOs: Case Study of Akshaya Patra Foundation	p. 330
Supply Chain Losses and Risk Management
Understanding Supply Chain Risk Management: An In-Depth Analysis	p. 349
Categorization of Losses across Supply Chains: Cases of Manufacturing Firms	p. 373
An Analysis of Issues and Possible Remedies in the Adoption of RFID in Retail Supply Chains of India	p. 387
Compilation of References	p. 401
About the Contributors	p. 425
Index	p. 433
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