TY - BOOK AU - Prater,Edmund AU - Whitehead,Kim TI - An introduction to supply chain management: a global supply chain support perspective T2 - Supply and operations management collection, SN - 9781606493762 AV - HD38 .I587 2013 PY - 2013/// CY - [New York, N.Y. (222 East 46th Street, New York, NY 10017) PB - Business Expert Press KW - Business logistics KW - supply chain management KW - value chain perspective KW - global marketplace KW - forecasting KW - logistics KW - distribution KW - inventory management KW - supply chain uncertainty KW - chaos management KW - supply chain coping strategies KW - information technology and the supply chain KW - customer service and the supply chain KW - service operations N1 - Part of: 2013 digital library; 1 (pages 171-172) and index; Section I. Getting started --; Introduction --; 1. Getting on the same page --; 2. The global stage --; 3. Supply chain strategy --; Section II. SCM components --; 4. Forecasting --; 5. Inventory management --; 6. Logistics --; 7. Information technology --; 8. Customer service --; 9. Uncertainty --; Section III. The future --; 10. Future SCM trends --; Reader's notes --; Notes --; References --; Index; 2; b; Also available in printing N2 - In order to succeed today you must speak different languages. This doesn't necessarily mean Chinese, German or English. Rather it refers to the need to speak, accounting, finance, marketing and operations. This book is written for the executive who is not a supply chain management professional but who wants to learn more about his or her supply chain. We will do this by diving into some best practices, examples of how other companies have managed their supply chain, and getting an overall briefing on the state of the art in supply chain management today. Questions and topics will be brought up that will help you have an informed discussion with the supply chain management professionals in your company. As prior supply chain and manufacturing executives and now educators, we hope to share with you a mix of our professional and academic experience and knowledge that will provide you a framework for understanding the placement of your supply chain within the global marketplace UR - https://go.openathens.net/redirector/ciu.edu?url=https://portal.igpublish.com/iglibrary/search/BEPB0000169.html ER -