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Logistics, supply chain and operations management : case study collection / editor David B. Grant.

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: London, United Kingdom ; Philadelphia, PA : Kogan Page, 2016Description: 1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrationsContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780749477493
  • 0749477490
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: No titleDDC classification:
  • 658.5 23
LOC classification:
  • HD38.5
Online resources:
Contents:
Foreword; Editor's Introduction; Part one: Operations management; CASE STUDY 1.1 The nuclear effect of computer malware; CASE STUDY 1.2 Real world effects of cyber-attacks; CASE STUDY 1.3 Jewellery design and manufacture operations ; CASE STUDY 1.4 Sustainability in the hotel industry; CASE STUDY 1.5 The closure of a bank department; CASE STUDY 1.6 Demand covering and service level estimation in public services planning; CASE STUDY 1.7 Job shop layout at Jones Medical Laboratories; CASE STUDY 1.8 Monument Engineering Ltd ; CASE STUDY 1.9 The mortgage advisor.
CASE STUDY 1.10 SABE tractorsCASE STUDY 1.11 Lawnmower Engines Ltd; CASE STUDY 1.12 Sports Co Ltd; CASE STUDY 1.14 KTP tyres; Part two: Logistics and supply chain management; CASE STUDY 2.1 The maintenance stores dilemma ; CASE STUDY 2.2 Communication in business practice; CASE STUDY 2.3 Collaborative distribution considering economic and environmental performance; CASE STUDY 2.4 Data sharing between supply chain actors; CASE STUDY 2.5 Supply chain design for e-retailers; CASE STUDY 2.6 Delays entering a container port.
CASE STUDY 2.7 Drivers and barriers in implementing information management systems in European micro enterprises CASE STUDY 2.8 Growth strategies of logistics service providers ; CASE STUDY 2.9 Managing sustainability in the fashion supply chain; CASE STUDY 2.10 Supply chain dreams and nightmares; CASE STUDY 2.11 Uncertainty, disruption and resilience; CASE STUDY 2.12 Supply chain management and return on total net assets; CASE STUDY 2.13 Managing workers' interests across global ; CASE STUDY 2.14 Strategic cost management; CASE STUDY 2.15 Optimizing shipment options; Index.
Summary: Through the use of real life examples from companies like Honda of America, Volvo, and the Swedish Transport Administration, this book offers tactics and solutions for handling uncertainties, problem solving, and circumventing risk. -- Edited summary from book.
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Description based on online resource; title from title page (Safari, viewed April 7, 2016).

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references.

Through the use of real life examples from companies like Honda of America, Volvo, and the Swedish Transport Administration, this book offers tactics and solutions for handling uncertainties, problem solving, and circumventing risk. -- Edited summary from book.

Foreword; Editor's Introduction; Part one: Operations management; CASE STUDY 1.1 The nuclear effect of computer malware; CASE STUDY 1.2 Real world effects of cyber-attacks; CASE STUDY 1.3 Jewellery design and manufacture operations ; CASE STUDY 1.4 Sustainability in the hotel industry; CASE STUDY 1.5 The closure of a bank department; CASE STUDY 1.6 Demand covering and service level estimation in public services planning; CASE STUDY 1.7 Job shop layout at Jones Medical Laboratories; CASE STUDY 1.8 Monument Engineering Ltd ; CASE STUDY 1.9 The mortgage advisor.

CASE STUDY 1.10 SABE tractorsCASE STUDY 1.11 Lawnmower Engines Ltd; CASE STUDY 1.12 Sports Co Ltd; CASE STUDY 1.14 KTP tyres; Part two: Logistics and supply chain management; CASE STUDY 2.1 The maintenance stores dilemma ; CASE STUDY 2.2 Communication in business practice; CASE STUDY 2.3 Collaborative distribution considering economic and environmental performance; CASE STUDY 2.4 Data sharing between supply chain actors; CASE STUDY 2.5 Supply chain design for e-retailers; CASE STUDY 2.6 Delays entering a container port.

CASE STUDY 2.7 Drivers and barriers in implementing information management systems in European micro enterprises CASE STUDY 2.8 Growth strategies of logistics service providers ; CASE STUDY 2.9 Managing sustainability in the fashion supply chain; CASE STUDY 2.10 Supply chain dreams and nightmares; CASE STUDY 2.11 Uncertainty, disruption and resilience; CASE STUDY 2.12 Supply chain management and return on total net assets; CASE STUDY 2.13 Managing workers' interests across global ; CASE STUDY 2.14 Strategic cost management; CASE STUDY 2.15 Optimizing shipment options; Index.

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