From the Foreword of theFirst 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 logistics and to planning & control of corresponding business processes." Written almost twelve years ago, these words are perhaps more true now than ever before.
Incorporating the elements that made previous editions so popular with students and professors, the fourth edition reflects the expansion of the role of supply chain management to include all areas of industry and all objects in the product life cycle.
New in the Fourth Edition:
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Assessing the economic value added of supply chain initiatives
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Local content regulations and tariff orientation in a supply chain
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Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) in a global supply chain
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Facility location planning (expanded)
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Sustainable supply chains
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Supply chain risk management
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Information management
Each chapter includes summaries, keywords, cases, and exercises. Definitions of key concepts and terms are boxed for emphasis and important principles, examples, points to remember, prescribed procedures, steps of a technique or solutions for selected scenarios and exercises are highlighted with a gray background. Additional interactive Macromedia Flash elements are made available for download from the book’s companion website.
Magic formulas, catchwords, and simplifying theories do not stand much of a chance in logistics, operations and supply chain management. The complex reality of day-to-day operation of companies in industry and the service sector demands highly diligent detailed work. Covering all of the critical details in this area, the book equips students for tackling the logistics, planning, and managerial challenges they’ll most certainly have to face.
Preface
Part I : Strategic and Tactical Concepts, and Fundamentals of Design
Chapter 1 : Logistics, Operations and Supply Chain Management
Chapter 2 : Supply Chain Design
Chapter 3 : Analysis and Fundamental Concepts in Logistics and Operations Management
Chapter 4 : The MRP II / ERP Concept: Business Processes and Methods
Chapter 5 : Manufacturing
Chapter 6 : Concepts for Product Families and One-of-a-Kind Production
Chapter 7 : Concepts for the Process Industry
Chapter 8 : Software Used for Logistics Purposes: An Introduction
Part II : Methods of Planning & Control in Complex Logistics Systems
Chapter 9 : Demand and Demand Forecast
Chapter 10 : Inventory Management and Stochastic Materials Management
Chapter 11 : Deterministic Materials Management
Chapter 12 : Time Management and Scheduling
Chapter 13 : Capacity Management
Chapter 14 : Order Release and Control
Chapter 15 : Cost Estimating, Job-Order Costing, and Activity-Based Costing
Chapter 16 : Representation and System Management of Logistic Objects
Part III : Overview of Further Management Systems in the Enterprise
Chapter 17 : Quality Management - TQM and Six Sigma
Chapter 18 : Systems Engineering and Project Management
Chapter 19 : Selected Sections of Information Management
Index
