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Supply Chain Management: Text and Cases, 2nd Edition
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Supply Chain Management: Text and Cases, 2nd Edition

by Janat Shah
May 2016
Intermediate to advanced content levelIntermediate to advanced
504 pages
19h 53m
English
Pearson Education India
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12

Agile Supply Chains

Learning Objectives

After reading this chapter, you will be able to answer the following questions:

  • How are agile supply chains different from traditional supply chains?
  • Under what situations do forecast updating play an important role?
  • How does a firm design its supply chain so that it can respond rapidly to forecast updating?
  • How do responsive supply chains differ from speculative supply chains?
  • What are the sources of supply chain disruptions?
  • How can a firm mitigate risks of supply chain disruptions?

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Publisher Resources

ISBN: 9789353062538