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Global Supply Chain Management: Leveraging Processes, Measurements, and Tools for Strategic Corporate Advantage

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ISBN-10: 0071827420

ISBN-13: 9780071827423

Edition: 2014

Authors: G. Tomas M. Hult, David Closs, David Frayer

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A dream team from the world’s top university for supply chain programs explains how to integrate supply chain strategy into a multinational corporation’s global strategyGlobal Supply Chain Management helps supply chain managers in each of the core fields of supply chain management (i.e., logistics, purchasing operations, market channels, and marketing) increase efficiency and effectiveness of their supply chains. It is also ideal for top-level managers in corporations (C-suite executives)—whether used directly by them or discussed with top level managers involving logistics, purchasing, operations, or marketing managers.Dr. Tomas Hult is Eli Broad Professor of Marketing and International…    
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List price: $49.99
Copyright year: 2014
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
Publication date: 9/16/2013
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 272
Size: 8.80" wide x 9.10" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.100
Language: English

Dr. G. Tomas M. Hult is the Eli Broad Professor of Marketing and International Business and Director of the International Business Center in the Eli Broad College of Business at Michigan State University. He has been Executive Director of the Academy of International Business and President of the AIB Foundation since 2004; Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the Academy of Marketing Science since 2009; and been on the U.S. Department of Commerce's District Export Council since 2012. Professor Hult is one of some 80 elected Fellows of the Academy of Internat ional Business. He is one of the world's leading authorities in global strategy, with a particular focus on topics dealing with the…    

Preface
Global Strategy and Global Supply Chain Management
Welcome to the Intriguing World of Global Supply Chain Management
Global Trade and Global Supply Chains
Emerging Markets and Global Supply Chains
Global Strategic Supply Chain Management
Global Location of Value-Added Activities
Important Definitions and Distinctions
Integration of Global Supply Chain Functions
How Global Supply Chain Management Achieves Benefits
Supply Chain Management Integrating Processes
Industry Implications for Global Supply Chains
Diagnosing Industry Globalization Potential
Understanding Market Globalization Drivers
Market Globalization Drivers' Implications for Supply Chains
Understanding Cost Globalization Drivers
Cost Globalization Drivers' Implications for Supply Chains
Understanding Government Globalization Drivers
Government Globalization Drivers' Implications for Supply Chains
Understanding Competitive Globalization Drivers
Competitive Globalization Drivers' Implications for Supply Chains
Guidelines for Diagnosing Industry Globalization Potential
Appendix: Measures of Industry Globalization Drivers
Global Supply Chain Infrastructure
Basic Worldwide Infrastructure Issues
Transportation, Communication, Utilities, and Technology Infrastructure
Supply Chain Security, Risks, and Value
Legal Considerations, International Contracts, and Insurance
Commercial Documents and Customs Clearance
Terms of Payment and Currency of Payment
International Commerce Terms (Incoterms)
World Customs Organization and the Harmonized System
globalEDGE™: Your Source for Global Business Knowledge
Guidelines for Assessing Global Supply Chain Infrastructure
Appendix: Logistics Performance Index 2012
Logistics in Global Supply Chains
Global Logistics Strategy
Global Distribution Centers
Global Inventory Management
Global Packaging and Materials Handling
Transportation
Reverse Logistics
Guidelines for Logistics in Global Supply Chains
Purchasing in Global Supply Chains
Global Purchasing Strategy
From Domestic to International to Global Purchasing
Types of Purchasing Strategy
Outsourcing, Offshoring, and Their Derivatives
Global Customers and Channels
Order Fulfillment and Delivery
Global Supplier Selection
Global Supplier Networks
Critical Success Factors for Purchasing in Global Supply Chains
Guidelines for Purchasing in Global Supply Chains
Operations in Global Supply Chains
Global Operations Strategy
Make-or-Buy Decisions in Global Supply Chains
Global Production and Manufacturing
Competitive Priorities in Global Supply Chains
Total Cost Analysis in Global Supply Chains
Process-Based Quality Standards
Supply Chain Operations Reference Model
1PL/2PL/3PL/4PL/5PL
Guidelines for Operations in Global Supply Chains
Market Channels in Global Supply Chains
Global Market Channels Strategy
Customer Value-Creating Global Processes
International Market Entry Modes
International Wholesaling, Retailing, and Franchising
Exporting and Importing
Going Global Online
Place and the Other Three Ps
globalEDGE Diagnostic Tools and Market Potential Index (MPI)
Guidelines for Market Channels in Global Supply Chains
Managing Global Supply Chains
Value of Managing the Location of Global Activities
Importance of Coordination in Global Supply Chains
Coordination Mechanisms in Global Supply Chains
Interorganizational Relationships in Global Supply Chains
Value Propositions in Global Supply Chain Relationships
Stakeholders and Global Supply Chain Sustainability
Guidelines for Managing Global Supply Chains
Wrap-Up of the Intriguing World of Global Supply Chain Management
Notes
Index