Features

For MBA or senior level undergraduate supply chain management courses.

Illustrating the key drivers in effective supply chain management.

Supply Chain Management illustrates the key drivers of good supply chain management in order to help students understand what creates a competitive advantage. This text also provides strong coverage of analytic skills so students can gauge the effectiveness of the techniques described in the text.

The fifth edition continues to increase the focus on global supply chain.

Guide students through the fundamentals: Framework for Supply Chain.

In order to help students see how all the pieces of the supply chain fit together, the strategic framework in this text identifies facilities, inventory, transportation, information, sourcing, and pricing as the key drivers of supply chain performance. Overall, the aim is to convey how these drivers may be used on a conceptual and practical level during supply chain design, planning, and operation to improve performance.

NEW! Show the concepts in action: New Cases. This edition includes several new mini-cases throughout the text. New cases appear in Chapters 3, 5, 6, 12, and 14.

NEW! Go global: Increased Coverage of Global Supply Chain. This edition features an enhanced Chapter 6 that focuses on designing global supply chains, including a detailed example in Section 6.6 that looks at the onshoring/offshoring decision as a real option in the context of uncertainty.

A new mini?case has also been included in Chapter 6 that takes look at the onshoring/offshoring decision.

NEW! Offer extra insight: Online Spreadsheets. This text offers online spreadsheets that students can use to understand the concept for the numerical examples discussed in the chapters. These spreadsheets provide the details of the example discussed but are also live and allow students to try different what-if analyses. These spreadsheets are available online at pearsonhighered.com/chopra.



NEW! Offer the latest information: New Chapter on Sustainability. To help students see how the supply chain can be made more sustainable this edition features the new Chapter 18, which focuses on sustainability and the supply chain