Textbook of Supply Chain Management

Contents: 1. Introduction to supply chain management. 2. Inventory. 3. Purchasing. 4. Source selection and management. 5. Just in time (JIT). 6. Logistics. 7. Outsourcing. 8. Materials handling. 9. Transportation. 10. Packaging. 11. Information technology and supply chain management. 12. Benchmarking.

The objective of this textbook is to explain the concepts of Supply Chain Management in simple and lucid language. Wherever required, the illustrations and working examples have been used to explain the numerical parts. The book tries to make the readers think about how supply chain management impacts all of the areas and processes of the firm. Undergraduate business students, MBA students as well as practicing managers can benefit from reading and using this text.

Key features of the second edition: A number of interesting and useful additions have been made in this edition, which are as follows: Each chapter contains new end of chapter discussion questions and exercises, wherever applicable. A new chapter on outsourcing has been incorporated. The chapters are supplemented by teaching cases covering most of the topics discussed. Some of the case companies and situations are real, while others are fictional and the cases are varied from easy to difficult and short to long.