Overview
Innovative supply chain strategies and solutions from the field's
brightest young minds.
"Technology has introduced dramatic new efficiencies to supply chain
design, management, and control--but only to those who can
open their
minds to these new methods and strategies. This book presents
innovative articles from eighteen of today's top young Ph.D. scholars,
each based on discussions at the 2000 Frank Batten Young Leaders Forum
of the College of William and Mary.
These ""rising stars"" from the country's most prestigious operations
management programs each take a fresh perspective on current practices
and future directions in supply chain management and overall business
strategy. Provocative yet valuable questions are asked--and answers
provided--on subjects including:
* Development of effective performance metrics
* Techniques to streamline the order management cycle
* Methods to leverage product design and manufacture to reduce supply
chain costs
* Ways to share knowledge throughout an organization concerning
forecasts, manufacturing and sourcing plans, and distribution."
About the Author
Tonya Boone, Ph.D. (Williamsburg, VA) teaches at the College of William
and Mary and is an expert in knowledge management, design, and
implementation of IT in supply chains. Ram Ganeshan, Ph.D.
(Williamsburg, VA) also teaches at the College of William and Mary, and
is co-editor of
Quantitative Models for Supply Chain Management.
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Table of Contents
"Preface
Section 1: Integrating New Technologies into Supply Chain Operations
1. The Relationship-Technology Interface: A Path to Competitive Advantage
2. Digital Marketplace and Efficient Supply Chains: Can They Co-exist?
3. Internet Retailers' Dilemma of Operational and Market Efficiencies
4. A Case Study of an ERP Implementation: Promises, Phantoms, and
Purgatory
5. Web-Enabling Your Supply Chain: An Exploratory Case Study
Section 2: Technology-based Product and Service Development
6. Identifying and Managing Programmatic Efficiency Differences across
Technology-based Product Development Capabilities
7. Management of Information Technology Driven Product Development
Processes
8. Mass Customization: Strategic and Operational Considerations
9. Towards Effective Software Development: A Conceptual Framework of
Software Project Types, Development Processes and Functional Outcomes
10. Managing the New Service Development Process: Multi-Disciplinary
Literature Synthesis and Directions for Future Research
Section 3: Knowledge Management and Supply Chain Integration Issues
11. Inward Technology Transfer: A Key Link in the Technology Supply Chain
12. Experience Based Productivity Improvements in Project Environments
13. Antecedents and Performance Outcomes of International Subsidiaries'
Technology Sourcing Decisions
14. Pricing Supply Flexibility: The Impact of Variability and
Information Asymmetry
15. Vendor Managed Inventory in Production Constrained Settings
16. Supply Chain Integration: Putting Humpty-Dumpty Back Together Again"
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