Decision-Making for Supply Chain Integration by Hing Kai Chan, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters

Effective supply chain integration, and the tight co-ordination it creates, is an essential pre-requisite for successful supply chain management. Decision-Making for Supply Chain Integrationis a practical reference on recent research in the area of supply chain integration focusing on distributed decision-making problems. Recent applications of various decision-making tools for integrating supply chains are covered including chapters focusing on:•Supplier selection, pricing strategy and inventory decisions in multi-level supply chains,•RFID-enabled distributed decision-making,•Operational risk issues and time-critical decision-making for sensitive logistics nodes, Modelling end to end processes to improve supply chain integration, and•Integrated systems to improve service delivery and optimize resource use. Decision-Making for Supply Chain Integrationprovides an insight into the tools and methodologies of this field with support from real-life case studies demonstrating successful application of various decision-making techniques. By covering such a range of topics in this way, Decision-Making for Supply Chain Integrationis a useful reference for researchers looking to develop their knowledge or find potential new avenues of research. | Decision-Making for Supply Chain Integration by Hing Kai Chan, Hardcover | Indigo Chapters