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Global Supply Chain and Operations Management

A Decision-Oriented Introduction to the Creation of Value

  • Provides a sound basis for analytics and organization in supply chain and operations management
  • Explains key concepts with over 70 practical case studies from different industries, services, and continents
  • Pursues a comprehensive approach including the organization of value creation networks and interacting processes with suppliers and customers
  • Introduces and demonstrates computational planning tools and approaches in value creation systems
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Springer Texts in Business and Economics (STBE)

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Table of contents (15 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxi
  2. Basics of Supply Chain and Operations Management

    • Dmitry Ivanov, Alexander Tsipoulanidis, Jörn Schönberger
    Pages 1-14
  3. Examples from Different Industries, Services and Continents

    • Dmitry Ivanov, Alexander Tsipoulanidis, Jörn Schönberger
    Pages 15-36
  4. Processes, Systems, and Models

    • Dmitry Ivanov, Alexander Tsipoulanidis, Jörn Schönberger
    Pages 37-67
  5. Operations and Supply Chain Strategy

    • Dmitry Ivanov, Alexander Tsipoulanidis, Jörn Schönberger
    Pages 69-96
  6. Sourcing Strategy

    • Dmitry Ivanov, Alexander Tsipoulanidis, Jörn Schönberger
    Pages 97-119
  7. Production Strategy

    • Dmitry Ivanov, Alexander Tsipoulanidis, Jörn Schönberger
    Pages 121-140
  8. Facility Location Planning and Network Design

    • Dmitry Ivanov, Alexander Tsipoulanidis, Jörn Schönberger
    Pages 141-187
  9. Distribution and Transportation Network Design

    • Dmitry Ivanov, Alexander Tsipoulanidis, Jörn Schönberger
    Pages 189-232
  10. Factory Planning and Process Design

    • Dmitry Ivanov, Alexander Tsipoulanidis, Jörn Schönberger
    Pages 233-277
  11. Layout Planning

    • Dmitry Ivanov, Alexander Tsipoulanidis, Jörn Schönberger
    Pages 279-300
  12. Demand Forecasting

    • Dmitry Ivanov, Alexander Tsipoulanidis, Jörn Schönberger
    Pages 301-315
  13. Production and Material Requirements Planning

    • Dmitry Ivanov, Alexander Tsipoulanidis, Jörn Schönberger
    Pages 317-343
  14. Inventory Management

    • Dmitry Ivanov, Alexander Tsipoulanidis, Jörn Schönberger
    Pages 345-388
  15. Routing and Scheduling

    • Dmitry Ivanov, Alexander Tsipoulanidis, Jörn Schönberger
    Pages 389-434
  16. Erratum to: Global Supply Chain and Operations Management

    • Dmitry Ivanov, Alexander Tsipoulanidis, Jörn Schönberger
    Pages E1-E1
  17. Back Matter

    Pages 435-445

About this book

This textbook presents global supply chain and operations management from a comprehensive perspective, combining value creation networks and interacting processes. It focuses on the operational roles in the networks and presents the quantitative and organizational methods needed to plan and control the material, information and financial flows in the supply chain. Each chapter of the book starts with an introductory case study. Numerous examples from various industries and services help to illustrate the key concepts. The book explains how to design operations and supply networks and how to incorporate suppliers and customers. As matching supply and demand is a core aspect of tactical planning, the book focuses on it before turning to the allocation of resources for fulfilling customer demands. Providing readers with a working knowledge of global supply chain and operations management, this textbook can be used in core, special and advanced classes. Therefore, the book targets a broadrange of students and professionals involved with supply chain and operations management. Special focus is directed at bridging theory and practice.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Department of Business Administration, Berlin School of Economics and Law, Berlin, Germany

    Dmitry Ivanov, Alexander Tsipoulanidis

  • Faculty of Transportation and Traffic Science “Friedrich List”, Technical University of Dresden, Dresden, Germany

    Jörn Schönberger

About the authors

Prof. Dr. habil. Dmitry Ivanov is professor of Supply Chain Management at Berlin School of Economics and Law. He has published extensively in international journals and is author of the book "Adaptive Supply Chain Management" published by Springer in 2010.

Prof. Dr. Alexander Tsipoulanidis, MBA is professor for Operations Management at Berlin School of Economics and Law. He has more than fifteen years of practical experience in factory planning and operations management. His teaching and research interest focuses on lean production and operational excellence at the time of the digital transformation.

Prof. Dr. habil. Jörn Schönberger is professor and chair for transport services and logistics at Technische Universität Dresden, "Friedrich List" faculty of transportation and traffic sciences. He has published several papers in international journals and is author of the book "Model-Based Control of Logistics Processes in Volatile Environments" published by Springer in 2011. 

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