Introduction

The Need for Supply Chain Management

Readings: Vendor-Managed Inventory for Responsive Supply Chain

                  Scalable Collaboration: Lessons from China: Li & Fung

Benefits of Effective Supply Chain Management

Elements of Supply Chain Management

Reading: Supply Chain Energy Efficiency: Getting Started in China

Logistics

Reading: Third-Party Logistics on the Rise in China

E-Business

Reading: Consumer Durable Retailers Log Back into E-Connerce

Creating an Effective Supply Chain

Readings: Malaysia Government E-Procurement Achieves Massive Savings

                  RFID Improves Semiconductor Supply Chain

                  Airbus Extends RFID Part-Making across All Its Aircraft Families

                  RFID Tags: Keeping the Shelves Stocked

Newsclip: RFID in Health Care: An Enabling Technology

Reading: CPFR

Newsclip: Sony, Sharp Tie Up on LCD Production Via Joint Venture

Reading: SeaEnergy Launches Supply Chain Joint Venture in Bid to Attract Suitors

Purchasing

Reading: Blommer Chocolate Company and Olam International Form 'GrowChocoa', A Joint Venture to Develop A Long-Standing Sustainability Partnership

Supplier Management

Readings: Buyers Play Venture

                  Capitalists' Role

                  The Road Ahead: ASEAN

Operating Stategy

Summary

Key Terms

Discussion and Review Questions

Taking Stock

Critical Thinking Exercise

Group/Experiential Learning Exercises

Problems

Operations Tour: Wegmans Distribution System

Selected Bibliography and Further Reading