MTU Cork Library Catalogue

Global logistics and supply chain management /

Mangan, John, 1968-

Global logistics and supply chain management / John Mangan, Chandra Lalwani and Agustina Calatayud. - Fourth edition. - various pagings ; illustrations, maps, tables ; 25 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Globalisation and international trade -- Supply chain strategy: lean and agile -- Service supply chains -- Systems and networks -- Part One Case Studies : Dell - pioneers in mass customisation -- Jaguar Land Rover's global supply chain: from design to execution -- Transport -- Containerisation -- Logistics service providers -- Facilitating international freight flows -- Part Two Case Studies: Air Cargo -- Port-Centric versus inland location decisions in Gothenburg, Sweden -- Inventory management, planning and control -- Materials handling and warehousing -- Outsourcing, offshoring and procurement -- Part Three Case Studies: The Medical Devices Company -- Patient safety and the pharmaceutical supply chain -- Data flows and digitisation -- Management science applications -- Managing vulnerability -- Part Four Case Studies: Contamination in the bulk agri-commodity logistics chain -- Supply chain become self-thinking -- Sustainability in logistics and supply chain management -- Emerging supply chain designs -- Part Five Case Studies: Why supply chain should be involved in product design -- Oman: one of the world's next great logistics hubs.



9781119702993 (paperback)


Business logistics

658.7

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