Principles of Supply Chain Management: A Balanced Approach | 4th Edition

Develop a solid understanding of purchasing, operations, logistics, and integration with the strong supply chain management focus found in Wisner/Tan/Leong's PRINCIPLES OF SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT: A BALANCED APPROACH, 3E.

Develop a solid understanding of purchasing, operations, logistics, and integration with the strong supply chain management focus found in Wisner/Tan/Leong's PRINCIPLES OF SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT: A BALANCED APPROACH, 3E. This unique edition presents extensive content not covered in other books.

At the same time most every year my dad would be asking, “But where does the coal go?” We’d be on our family vacations on Lake Erie, and as a lover of ships, he’d closely observe the comings and goings of the big freighters that moved iron ore, coal, coke and other materials east and west across the Great Lakes.

The text begins with a discussion of the basic principles of supply chain management and some attributes of certain industries. The remainder of the text is devoted to developing and applying mathematical concepts needed to address the many issues associated with managing supply chains and, in particular, uncertainty, in a variety of real world settings. In particular, the final chapter is devoted to the design and operation of a vaccine distribution system during a pandemic along with a critique of the way the system used in the United States performed.

The text begins with a discussion of the basic principles of supply chain management and some attributes of certain industries. The remainder of the text is devoted to developing and applying mathematical concepts needed to address the many issues associated with managing supply chains and, in particular, uncertainty, in a variety of real world settings. In particular, the final chapter is devoted to the design and operation of a vaccine distribution system during a pandemic along with a critique of the way the system used in the United States performed.