Solution Manual For Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Planning, and Operation, 7th Edition By Chopra

Description

For MBA, engineering master, or senior-level undergraduate courses in supply chain management.

A strategic framework for understanding supply chain management

Supply Chain Management introduces high-level strategy and concepts while giving students the practical tools necessary to solve supply chain problems. Using a strategic framework, students are guided through all of the key drivers of supply chain performance, including facilities, inventory, transportation, information, sourcing, and pricing. The 7th Edition weaves in compelling case study examples to illustrate how good supply chain management offers a competitive advantage and how poor supply chain management can damage an organization’s performance. With this text, students gain a deeper understanding of supply chains and a firm grasp on the practical managerial levers that can improve supply chain performance.

Table of Contents

PART I: BUILDING A STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK TO ANALYZE SUPPLY CHAINS

1. Understanding the Supply Chain

2.   Supply Chain Performance: Achieving Strategic Fit and Scope

3.   Supply Chain Drivers and Metrics

 

PART II: DESIGNING THE SUPPLY CHAIN NETWORK

4.   Designing Distribution Networks and Applications to Online Sales

5.   Network Design in the Supply Chain

6.   Designing Global Supply Chain Networks

 

PART III: PLANNING AND COORDINATING DEMAND AND SUPPLY IN A SUPPLY CHAIN

7.   Demand Forecasting in a Supply Chain

8.   Aggregate Planning in a Supply Chain

9.   Sales and Operations Planning in a Supply Chain

10.   Coordination in a Supply Chain

 

PART IV: PLANNING AND MANAGING INVENTORIES IN A SUPPLY CHAIN

11.   Managing Economies of Scale in a Supply Chain: Cycle Inventory

Appendix 11A: Economic Order Quantity

12.   Managing Uncertainty in a Supply Chain: Safety Inventory

Appendix 12A: The Normal

Appendix 12B: The Normal Distribution in Excel

Appendix 12C: Expected Shortage per Replenishment Cycle

Appendix 12D: Evaluating Safety Inventory for Slow-Moving Items

13.   Linking Product Availability to Profits

Appendix 13A: Optimal Level of Product Availability

Appendix 13B: An Intermediate Evaluation

Appendix 13C: Expected Profit from an Order

Appendix 13D: Expected Overstock from an Order

Appendix 13E: Expected Understock from an Order

Appendix 13F: Simulation Using Spreadsheets

 

PART V: DESIGNING AND PLANNING TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS

14.   Transportation in a Supply Chain

 

PART VI: MANAGING CROSS FUNCTIONAL DRIVERS IN A SUPPLY CHAIN

15.   Sourcing Decisions in a Supply Chain