Supply Chain Management: A Logistics Perspective, includes Student CD-ROM

The eighth edition of SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT: A LOGISTICS PERSPECTIVE has refined its focus on the supply chain approach, one of the latest developments in logistics management. Its strategic managerial focus blends logistics theory with practical applications and includes updated material on the latest technology, transportation regulations, pricing, and other issues. This market-leading text continues to focus on the integration of the supply chain approach as an important concept in understanding contemporary logistics management. In addition, this text focuses on changes in the way business is being done, with a particular emphasis on technology. Each chapter opens with “Supply Chain Profiles,” vignettes that introduce students to the chapter’s topics through familiar real-world companies, people, and events. For this new edition, the majority of the profiles have been changed. Each chapter also includes new and updated “On the Line” boxed features, which are applied examples that provide students with hands-on managerial experience of the chapter’s topics. “Supply Chain Technology” boxes appear throughout the text, helping students relate technological developments to supply chain management concepts and logistics practices. Short Cases at the end of each chapter are updated and build on what students have learned in the chapter.

This new edition of SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT: A LOGISTICS PERSPECTIVE has refined its focus on the supply chain approach, one of the latest developments in logistics management. Its strategic managerial focus blends logistics theory with practical applications and includes updated material on the latest technology, transportation regulations, pricing, and other issues.
This market-leading text continues to focus on the integration of the supply chain approach as an important concept in understanding contemporary logistics management. In addition, this text focuses on changes in the way business is being done, with a particular emphasis on technology.
Each chapter opens with “Supply Chain Profiles,” vignettes that introduce students to the chapter’s topics through familiar real-world companies, people, and events. For this new edition, the majority of the profiles have been changed. Each chapter also includes new and updated “On the Line” boxed features, which are applied examples that provide students with hands-on managerial experience of the chapter’s topics. “Supply Chain Technology” boxes appear throughout the text, helping students relate technological developments to supply chain management concepts and logistics practices. Short Cases at the end of each chapter are updated and build on what the student has learned in the chapter.

John J. Coyle
John J. Coyle, director of corporate relations for the Center for Supply Chain Research and professor emeritus of supply chain and information systems at Penn State University, focuses his research on supply chain transformation and effectively measuring improved supply chain performance at the C level in an organization. Coyle is also researching reverse channels of distribution and their special logistical problems. The author of more than 100 publications in the areas of transportation and logistics, Professor Coyle has presented papers on these topics at professional meetings. Dr. Coyle serves on the board of three logistics companies. He earned bachelors and masters degrees from Penn State and his doctorate from Indiana University, Bloomington, where he was a U.S. Steel Fellow.
C. John Langley, Jr.
John Langley, Professor of Supply Chain Management and Director of Supply Chain Executive Programs at the Georgia Institute of Technology, is actively involved in supply chain management and business logistics. His professional involvement includes supply chain strategy, supply chain relationships, and outsourcing of logistics services. Dr. Langley received a BS degree in mathematics, an MBA degree in finance, and a PhD degree in logistics management, all from Penn State University. Dr. Langley has coauthored numerous books and is a consultant and advisor to business firms and serves on the board of directors of UTi Worldwide Inc., Forward Air Corporation, and Averitt Express, Inc.
Brian J. Gibson
Brian Gibson, professor of Supply Chain Management Auburn University, is engaged in executive education and consulting, as well as leadership roles for the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals and the Retail Industry Leaders Association. Dr. Gibson earned a BSBA from Central Michigan University, an MBA from Wayne State University, and a PhD in logistics and transportation from the University of Tennessee. He has received multiple awards for excellence in teaching, research, and outreach.
Robert A. Novack
Robert Novack, associate professor of supply chain management in the Department of Supply Chain and Information Systems at Penn State University, shares his experience in operations management, planning and transportation. He has published numerous articles and is active in the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals. Dr. Novak earned a BS degree and an MBA in logistics from Penn State University and a Ph.D. in logistics from the University of Tennessee.
Edward J. Bardi
Edward J. Bardi is principal of Bardi Consulting and professor emeritus of business logistics at the University of Toledo. He also has served as acting dean and associate dean of the College of Business Administration at the University of Toledo and has held faculty positions at Iowa State University. Dr. Bardi has published numerous articles dealing with business logistics, transportation management, carrier selection, economic development, and employee household goods movement in various journals, including TRANSPORTATION JOURNAL, JOURNAL OF BUSINESS LOGISTICS, HANDLING AND SHIPPING, BAYLOR BUSINESS REVIEW, INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL DISTRIBUTION AND LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT, LOGISTICS & TRANSPORTATION REVIEW, and PERSONNEL JOURNAL. He also is co-author of SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT: A LOGISTICS PERSPECTIVE, 8e. A popular seminar leader of domestic and global business logistics management development programs, Dr. Bardi has served as a consultant to numerous business and public agencies in the areas of business logistics, marketing, and economic development. He received his B.S., M.S., and Ph.D. from Penn State University, majoring in business logistics/transportation economics.

Preface.
About the Authors.
Part I.
1. Supply Chain Management: An Overview.
2. Role of Logistics in Supply Chains.
Part II.
3. Global Dimensions of Supply Chains.
4. Supply Chain Relationships.
5. Supply Chain Performance Measurement and Financial Analysis.
6. Supply Chain Technology--Managing Information Flows.
Part III.
7. Demand Management.
8. Order Management and Customer Service.
9. Managing Inventory in the Supply Chain.
10. Transportation -Managing the Flow of the Supply Chain.
11. Distribution -Managing Fulfillment Operations.
Part IV.
12. Supply Chain Network Analysis and Design.
13. Sourcing Materials and Services.
14. Operations -Producing Goods and Services.
15. Managing Reverse Flows in the Supply Chains.
Part V.
16. Strategic Challenges and Change for Supply Chains.
Selected Supply Chain Publications.
Directory of Trade and Professional Organizations in Logistics.
Cases.
Careers in Supply Chain Management.
Glossary.
Name Index.
Subject Index.