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An edition of Global supply chain ecosystems (2015)

Global supply chain ecosystems

strategies for competitive advantage in a complex world

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"With increased globalization, off-shoring, and outsourcing, global supply chain management is becoming an important issue for many businesses. Global supply chain management shares some of the main concerns of traditional supply chain management, such as lowering the costs of procurement and decreasing the risks related to purchasing activities. It also has the additional challenge of involving a company's worldwide interests and suppliers, covering numerous organizations across several countries, borders, time zones, cultures, and languages. Global Supply Chain Ecosystems explores the latest market trends and industry developments across emerging, developing, and developed markets. Author Mark Millar presents practical insights that will help companies capitalize on market opportunities, overcome supply chain challenges, and make better informed business decisions. In addition to highlighting key supply chain shifts such as the move beyond globalization back towards regionalization, the book explains several critical aspects of global supply chain ecosystems, including visibility, risk, resilience, sustainability, and collaboration"--

"Twenty-first-century supply chains have evolved into world-wide inter-connected supply-and-demand networks comprising vastly more complex operations, with profound inter-dependencies and exposure to greater volatility in our uncertain world. The linear concept of a chain is therefore no longer adequate to describe these complex international networks of suppliers, stakeholders, partners, regulators and customers that are involved in ensuring the efficient and effective movement of products, services, information and funds around the world - we are firmly in the era of Global Supply Chain Ecosystems. Exploring the latest market trends and industry developments across emerging, developing and developed markets, in Global Supply Chain Ecosystems industry leader Mark Millar presents detailed and practical insights that will help you capitalise on market opportunities, overcome supply chain challenges and make better informed business decisions. In addition to highlighting key supply chain shifts such as the move beyond globalisation back towards regionalisation, this ground-breaking new publication explores several critical aspects of global supply chain ecosystems - including visibility, resilience, sustainability and collaboration"--

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Kogan Page
Language
English
Pages
274

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Table of Contents

About the author
Publisher's acknowledgements
Author's acknowledgements
01 Global supply chain ecosystems
Introduction
Supply chain management has become strategic
Supply chains have become increasingly complex
Global supply chains for a connected world
Summary
02 Supply chain visibility
An introduction to supply chain visibility
what, why, where and how
Supply chain visibility is about 'connecting the right dots'
Technology
friend or foe?
What do we mean by IT systems in supply chains?
Commitment to integration is essential
Case study: How technology enables supply chain visibility
03 Sustainability and green supply chains
Positive environmental strategies for a sustainable supply chain
Drivers of a green supply chain
Practical steps to a green supply chain
Who can apply green supply chain and logistics programmes?
Educating staff on environmental awareness
Industry leadership
Case study: Green supply chains depend upon accurate and complete data collection and analysis
04 Risk and supply chain resilience
Risk
building supply chain resilience for competitive advantage
Evaluating the potential for risks in the supply chain
Types of risk
Prevention vs preparedness
Features of a resilient supply chain ecosystem
Building supply chain resilience
Case study: Examples of supply chain risks and contingency planning
05 Free trade for all
navigating the FTA landscape
Free trade agreements
economic necessity or political minefield?
Who's who in free trade?
International support for FTAs
A valuable South-east Asia perspective
What's gone wrong with the WTO's mission?
What now for the WTO and FTAs?
Can trade barriers be justified?
Tariff engineering, the new supply chain discipline
Critical factors when considering location
Case study: Best practices in effective customs duty management
06 The Asian Era
The workers have become the shoppers
The Asian Era is here and now!
China at the crossroads?
The rising stars of ASEAN
Case study: Myanmar enters the world of global trade
07 The New Silk Road connecting Europe and Asia
An historic trade route revived for the 21st century
Deep-sea ocean freight
Will economic shifts boost the New Silk Road?
Asia-Europe by road transport
Governmental and organizational investment and support
Barriers to Silk Road trade
Case study: China's $40 billion Silk Road Fund
08 Integrated logistics hubs
Integrated logistics hubs enable global supply chain ecosystems
Container ports as transit hubs
Integrated logistics hubs
leading examples
Logistics service providers connect the dots
Case study: SME freight forwarders connect integrated logistics hubs via membership networks
09 Human Capital
the talent pool
Human capital
the fuel that drives supply chain ecosystems
Talent shortages in emerging markets
Human resource challenges and opportunities in developed economies
Make training and development pay at all levels
The changing labour market
Case study: Gender diversity in supply chain and logistics
10 Omni-channel supply chains
The brave new world of omni-channel supply chains
What drives the e-commerce revolution?
Old and the new
from traditional retailers to new technology-enabled entrants
Supply chain impact of omni-channel?
Case study: The Amazon phenomenon
internet business or logistics company?
11 Africa
is it the next Asia?
What future for Africa by 2050?
Diverse and complex
Logistics developments and the supply chain challenge
Nigeria
Africa's largest and most populous economy
Case study: Walvis Bay Corridor set to make Namibia a leading logistics hub
12 Supply chain innovation
Future considerations for global supply chain ecosystems
Technology developments impacting supply chains
Inland container port developments expand the ecosystems
Game-changing infrastructure developments could transform trade flows
Case study: Innovative port solution for ocean freight supply chains
References
Index.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (pages 255-263) and index.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
658.7
Library of Congress
HD38.5 .M546 2015, HD38.5

The Physical Object

Pagination
xi, 274 pages
Number of pages
274

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL27193211M
ISBN 10
0749471581
ISBN 13
9780749471583
LCCN
2015015896
OCLC/WorldCat
902660122

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