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Article: Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Planning and Operation. (Book Review).
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- IIE Transactions
- Article date:
- February 1, 2002
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Sunil Chopra
Peter Meindl
Prentice Hall, Inc., 2001, 457 pages, ISBN: 0-13-026465-2
With the growth of new products and markets, the supply chain systems supporting both manufactured products and services have become intertwined directly or indirectly with the logistics operations for other competing products as well. While e-business is simplifying the communications between suppliers and customers, many suppliers are still finding it challenging to provide timely deliveries of goods and services because of geographical distance and resource limitations. Thus, strategic planning and scheduling of logistics operations are important in supply ...