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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 6Supply Chain Coordination and Risk Management

The spread of high-speed data communication networks and computer technology has made it possible to manage supply chains with a level of precision just not feasible even as recently as the 1990s. Those organizations that learn to use the techniques and technologies that are now available can build supply chains that have a competitive advantage in their markets.

Because the capability exists to react much more quickly to changes in market demand, this capability is now a point of competition. Business competition based on supply chain efficiency is becoming a central fact in many markets. To develop this capability, individual companies and entire supply chains need to learn new behaviors, and they need to enable these new behaviors with the use of appropriate technology. ...

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