Table of Contents “...Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Supply Chain Management: An Overview -- Supply Chain Profile: SAB Distribution: The Final Chapter -- 1-1.Introduction -- 1-2.Shaping the Supply Chains of the Twenty-First Century: Evolution and Change -- 1-2-1.Globalization -- 1-2-2.Technology -- 1-2-3.Organizational Consolidation and Power Shifts -- 1-2-4.The Empowered Consumer -- 1-2-5.Government Policy and Regulation -- On The Line: Changing Times for Drugs -- 1-3.Supply Chains: Development and Shaping for the Twenty-First Century -- 1-3-1.Development of the Concept -- 1-4.Major Supply Chain Issues -- 1-4-1.Supply Chain Networks -- 1-4-2.Complexity -- 1-4-3.Inventory Deployment -- 1-4-4.Information -- 1-4-5.Cost and Value -- 1-4-6.Organizational Relationships -- 1-4-7.Performance Measurement -- 1-4-8.Technology -- 1-4-9.Transportation Management -- 1-4-10.Supply Chain Security -- 1-4-11.Talent Management -- Summary -- Study Questions -- Notes -- Case 1.1: Lehigh Valley Transport and Logistics Service (LVTLS) -- Case 1.2: Central Transport, Inc. -- ch. 2 Global Dimensions of Supply Chains -- Supply Chain Profile: "The Impact of Changing Weather Patterns" -- 2-1.Introduction -- 2-2.Rationale for Global Trade and Commerce -- 2-3.Contributing Factors for Global Commerce and Supply Chain Flows -- 2-3-1.Population Size and Distribution -- On The Line: Economic Growth and the Birth Rate -- 2-3-2.Land and Resources -- 2-3-3.Technology and Information -- 2-4.Global Supply Chain Flows -- 2-5.Supply Chains in a Global Economy -- On The Line: More Deliveries, Same Cost -- 2-6.Global Markets and Strategy -- 2-7.Supply Chain Security: A Balancing Act -- 2-8.Ports -- 2-9.North American Free Trade Agreement -- Summary -- Study Questions -- Notes -- Case 2.1: Red Fish, Blue Fish, LLP -- ch. 3 Role of Logistics in Supply Chains -- Supply Chain Profile: Small Ports Boxed Out by Big Ships -- 3-1.Introduction -- 3-2.What Is Logistics? ...”

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