Logistics, Supply Chain and Operations Management Case Study Collection

ISBN-13: 9780749475956 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 384 str.

David B. Grant

Opis

Through the use of real life examples from companies like Honda of America, Volvo, and the Swedish Transport Administration, the" Logistics, Supply Chain and Operations Management Case Study Collection" offers tactics and solutions for handling uncertainties, problem solving, and circumventing risk. The cases cover a variety of topics from how to tackle technology-related issues, setting and reviewing budgets to managing economic performance and managing costs."

Spis treści

• • Chapter - 01: Foreword by Martin Christopher;
  • Chapter - 02: Introduction by David B. Grant;
  • Chapter - 03: Part 1 - Editor's Introduction to the Operations Management Cases;
  • Chapter - 04: The Nuclear Effect of Computer Malware by Lucian Tipi;
  • Chapter - 05: Real World Effects of Cyber Attacks by Lucian Tipi;
  • Chapter - 06: Jewelry Design and Manufacture Operations by Brian Lawrence;
  • Chapter - 07: Sustainability in the Hotel Industry by Arvind Upadhyay, Francesco Pomponi and Céline Vadam;
  • Chapter - 08: The Closure of a Bank Department by Brian Lawrence;
  • Chapter - 09: Demand Covering and Service Level Estimation in Public Services Planning by Mike Simpson and Andrea Genovese;
  • Chapter - 10: Job Shop Layout at Jones Medical Laboratories by Mike Simpson and Andrea Genovese;
  • Chapter - 11: Monument Engineering Ltd by Mike Simpson and Andrea Genovese;
  • Chapter - 12: The Mortgage Advisor by Mike Simpson and Andrea Genovese;
  • Chapter - 13: SABE Tractors by Mike Simpson and Andrea Genovese;
  • Chapter - 14: Lawnmower Engines Ltd, Variable Costs, Break-even Points and Profit by Mike Simpson and Andrea Genovese;
  • Chapter - 15: Make or Buy Decisions at Sports Co. Ltd by Mike Simpson and Andrea Genovese;
  • Chapter - 16: Using Operational Research to Calculate the Cost of Quality by Mike Simpson and Andrea Genovese;
  • Chapter - 17: The Use of Deseasonalisation Techniques in Demand Forecasting by Mike Simpson and Andrea Genovese;
  • Chapter - 18: Part 2 - Editor's Introduction to the Logistics and Supply Chain Management Cases
  • Chapter - 19: The Maintenance Stores Dilemma by Gwynne Richards;
  • Chapter - 20: Communication in Business Practice by Xia Zhu;
  • Chapter - 21: Collaborative Distribution Considering Economic and Environmental Performance by Vahid Mirzabeiki;
  • Chapter - 22: Data Sharing Between Supply Chain Actors by Vahid Mirzabeiki;
  • Chapter - 23: Supply Chain Design for e-Retailing Companies by Vahid Mirzabeiki;
  • Chapter - 24: Delays Entering a Container Port by Brian Lawrence;
  • Chapter - 25: Drivers and Barriers in Implementing Information Management Systems in European Micro Enterprises by Francesco Pomponi, Lorenzo Coccia, Arvind Upadhyay;
  • Chapter - 26: Growth Strategies of Logistics Service Providers by Nigel Caldwell and Christian Konig;
  • Chapter - 27: Managing Sustainability in the Fashion Supply Chain by Piyya Muhammad Rafi-Ul-Shan, Patsy Perry and David Grant;
  • Chapter - 28: Supply Chain Dreams and Nightmares by Gerard Chick;
  • Chapter - 29: Uncertainty, Disruption and Resilience by Brian Lawrence;
  • Chapter - 30: Supply Chain Management and Return on Total Net Assets by Simon Templar;
  • Chapter - 31: Managing Workers' Interests Across Global Supply Chain Networks by Patsy Perry and Mohamed Abdel-Wahab;
  • Chapter - 32: Honda of America's Emphasis on Strategic Cost Management by Gerard Chick;
  • Chapter - 33: The Transportation Problem by Mike Simpson and Andrea Genovese;

O autorze

David B. Grant is Vice Rector (Dean) of Research and Societal Impact and Professor of Supply Chain Management and Social Responsibility at Hanken School of Economics, Helsinki, Finland. He is also a Bualuang ASEAN Chair Professor at Thammasat University, Bangkok, Thailand.

He received his PhD from Edinburgh University and his thesis, investigating customer service, satisfaction, and service quality in UK food processing logistics, received the James Cooper Memorial Cup PhD Award from the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (UK) in 2003. His research interests include logistics customer service, satisfaction, and service quality, retail logistics including omnichannel, reverse and sustainable and societal logistics. He has over 250 publications in various fora and is Senior Associate Editor for the International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management, Associate Editor for the Journal of Supply Chain Management and on the editorial board of several other international journals.

His book for Kogan Page, Fashion Logistics, co-authored with Professor John Fernie, is in its second edition. In 2019, David was ranked fifth in Economics, Business and Management and first in Industrial Economics and Logistics in an academic study evaluating Finnish professorial research impact and productivity.