Supply Chain Management: A Logistics Perspective

Discover contemporary supply chain perspectives with emphasis on importance of logistics management. Recent global events have resulted in significant increased recognition of the opportunities, challenges and strategic importance of supply chain management. This title effectively blends logistics theory with practical applications and addresses emerging issues and challenges that are critical to the success of today's supply chains.

Discover the essential role of logistics and supply chain management in a post-Covid world. The authors share insights on the pandemics' short-and long-term impacts on logistics strategy and operations, including the broader awareness and interest in supply chain capabilities from the C-suite to the everyday consumer.

Supply Chain Profiles vignettes introduce topics and generate student interest. Most of these engaging vignettes that appear at the beginning of each chapter provide "read and reflect" opportunities relating to people, organizations and familiar events to generate an immediate interest in the topics included in each chapter.

On the Line vignettes feature current issues, technologies and practices that drive logistics excellence. These brief discussions, spread throughout each chapter, provide excellent examples of how companies are addressing the changing world around them to balance internal goals with the external needs of partners, customers and society.