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Essentials of Supply Chain Management, 5th Edition
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Essentials of Supply Chain Management, 5th Edition

by Michael H. Hugos
April 2024
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
416 pages
9h 9m
English
Wiley
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CHAPTER 5Metrics for Measuring Supply Chain Performance

Supply chains are fluid and are continuously adjusting to changes in supply and demand for the products they handle. To get the performance desired from supply chains requires a company to monitor and control its operations on a daily basis. This chapter introduces four performance categories that each supply chain participant should measure. It then discusses the performance metrics that can be used in each of these performance categories. The chapter also explores some of the technology that can be used to collect, store, and present performance data.

Useful Model of Markets and Their Supply Chains

A supply chain exists to support the market that it serves. To identify the performance that a supply chain should deliver, we need to evaluate the market being served. In support of this analysis we will employ a simple model. The model allows us to categorize a market and identify the requirements and opportunities that each kind of market presents to ...

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