Focusing on the impact of the Internet on the tactical and strategic elements of SCM, this book details how today's enterprise can leverage the merger of SCM and e-business to exploit the competitive advantage available from supply chain partnerships. It covers the integrative software tools that will allow supply chain partners to move towards new levels of collaboration relating to product development, shortening time to market, increase flexibility, and overall performance. The book explores how e-Supply Chain Management can assist companies in continually achieving dramatic breakthroughs...

SCM is one of the hottest topics in manufacturing and distribution, and like JIT and TQC it requires a corporate commitment. This book provides both fundamental principles of SCM as well as a set of guidelines to assist in practical application of SCM. It will be one of the first books on the market that deals exclusively with SCM and its application. Readers in the academic, management sciences, sales, marketing and government environments will find this book of particular interest.