Author:  Martin Christopher

Description:

Table of Contends:
Chapter 1: Logistics & Competitive Strategy
This chapter will look at how logistics capabilities and supply chain excellence can help companies gain a competitive advantage. It will also look at the relationship between logistics and financial performance.
Chapter 2: Logistics & Customer Value
This chapter focuses on the ways in which customer value can be created and delivered through the supply chain. The theme will be demand-driven and responsive supply chain strategies.
Chapter 3: Measuring Logistics Costs and Performance
The content of this chapter will be about the need to understand the 'costs-to-serve'. Issues such as customer profitability analysis and benchmarking will be included.
Chapter 4: Creating the Agile Supply Chain
The concept of the agile supply chain is developed in this chapter and the building blocks of the agile paradigm explained. The differences between 'lean' and 'agile' will be discussed.
Chapter 5: Strategic Lead-Time Management
Time compression is the focus of this chapter including the search for ways in which non-value adding time can be removed from the pipeline.
Chapter 6: Managing the Global Pipeline
The particular challenges of global supply chains will be discussed in this chapter. The pros and cons of global sourcing and offshore manufacturing will be presented. The need to understand the total supply chain impact of globalisations will be emphasised.
Chapter 7: Managing the Supply Chain in an Era of Uncertainty
This chapter will examine the ideas of supply chain risk and vulnerability and will explore ways in which supply chain resilience can be improved.
Chapter 8: Managing Networks and Relationships
The idea of the supply chain as an interdependent network of organisations that jointly combine to deliver customer value is introduced. The idea of supply chain 'orchestration' is discussed.
Chapter 9: Overcoming the Barriers to Supply Chain Integration
The fundamental business transformations that are required to enable supply chain integration to become a reality are examined. The characteristics of effective supply chains will be presented.

Martin Christopher is Professor of Marketing and Logistics at Cranfield School of Management. His work in the field of logistics and supply chain management has gained international recognition. He has published widely, his recent books include Logistics and Supply Chain Management and Marketing Logistics. He is is also co-editor of the International Journal of Logistics Management and is a regular contributor to conferences and workshops around the world. At Cranfield, Martin Christopher chairs the Centre for Logistics and Supply Chain Management, the largest activity of its type in Europe. In addition to leading a number of on-going research projects in logistics and supply chain management, Martin Christopher is active as an advisor to many organisations and is non-executive director of a number of companies. In 1988 he was awarded the Sir Robert Lawrence Gold Medal for his contribution to logistics education and in 1997 was given the USA Council of Logistics Management’s Foundation Award.

In today’s highly competitive global marketplace, the pressure on organizations to find new ways to create and deliver value to customers grows ever stronger. There is a growing recognition that it is through logistic efficiency and effective management of the supply chain that the twin goals of cost reduction and service enhancement can be achieved.

Enhanced by diagrams, case-studies and chapter summaries, Logistics and Supply Chain Management looks at the tools, core processes and initiatives to ensure businesses gain and maintain their competitive advantage.

Key topics covered by Logistics and Supply Chain Management include:
- the idea of a service-driven logistics system based upon identified service priorities and a customer base segmented according to service requirements
- the many ways in which logistics can impact on overall return on investment and, ultimately, shareholder value
- logistics performance indicators: the concept of competitive benchmarking and the principles behind the balanced scorecard
- globalization: structuring a global logistics network, outsourcing and the co-ordination of network partners
- the logistics implications of JIT and how developments in information technology have been harnessed to access its power.

New to this edition:
- new chapters on logistics and customer value, integrated logistics and network logistics
- more emphasis on responsiveness, reflecting increased volatility of demand in many markets
- new chapter on managing risk in the supply chain

Date added:  14 Feb 2008

Price:  35€