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Supply Chain Management

In: Handbook On Business Information Systems

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  • AVNINDER GILL

    (Department of Management, School of Business & Economics, Thompson Rivers University, 900 McGill Road, Kamloops, BC, V2C 5N3, Canada)

  • M. ISHAQ BHATTI

    (Department of Economics and Finance, UAE University & La Trobe University, Melbourne, Australia)

Abstract

The present chapter provides an introductory account of supply chain management area by discussing major channels, information flows, and the main drivers and building blocks of supply chains. The chapter also introduces the decision hierarchy, performance metrics, value of information sharing and bull-whip effect in supply chain management. Finally, the paper provides a set-covering supply chain network design approach to supply chain management and illustrates it with the help of a numerical example.

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  • Avninder Gill & M. Ishaq Bhatti, 2010. "Supply Chain Management," World Scientific Book Chapters, in: Angappa Gunasekaran & Maqsood Sandhu (ed.), Handbook On Business Information Systems, chapter 28, pages 675-697, World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd..
    • Handle: RePEc:wsi:wschap:9789812836069_0028
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