Today, supply chain management has increased in relevance and importance among organisations wanting to create a sustainable competitive advantage in an ever-changing and unique market environment. Irrespective of the size, nature and placement of an organisation in a market, when understood and managed correctly, supply chain management practices and fundamentals have the propensity to shape and determine an organisation’s success. Strategic supply chain management provides an understanding of how supply chain management activities influence strategic decision making in a contemporary organisation.
Contents include the following:
· Contemporary managerial principles
· Strategic management
· Principles of supply chain management
· Spatial perspectives on strategic warehouse
development
· Forecasting and demand planning
· Procurement and management of inventory
· Operations management
· Warehouse operations and processes
· Managing logistics in the supply chain
· Sustainable supply chain management
· Lean supply chain management
· Supplier and customer relationship management
· Ethics in supply chain management
Strategic supply chain management is aimed at students studying toward a commerce programme at
both diploma and bachelor’s level.
Priya Ramgovind is Senior Head of Programme in the Faculty of Commerce at the
Independent
Institute of Education (IIE).
Willy
Engelbrecht is the
Dean: Research and Postgraduate Studies at the IIE.
PART A
CONTEMPORARY STRATEGY
Chapter 1
Managerial principles
Chapter 2
Strategic management
Chapter 3
Principles of supply chain management
Chapter 4 Spatial
perspectives on strategic warehouse development
PART B SUPPLY
CHAIN ACTIVITIES
Chapter 5
Forecasting and demand planning
CHAPTER 6
Procurement of inventory
Chapter 7
Operations management
Chapter 8
Inventory management
Chapter 9
Warehouse operations and processes
Chapter 10
Managing the logistics in the supply chain
PART C
CONTEMPORARY SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
Chapter 11
Sustainable supply chain management
Chapter 12 Lean
supply chain management
Chapter 13
Supplier relationship management
Chapter 14
Customer relationship management
Chapter 15 Ethics
in supply chain management
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