| Description |
1 online resource (1 volume) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Foreword; Editor's Introduction; Part one: Operations management; CASE STUDY 1.1 The nuclear effect of computer malware; CASE STUDY 1.2 Real world effects of cyber-attacks; CASE STUDY 1.3 Jewellery design and manufacture operations ; CASE STUDY 1.4 Sustainability in the hotel industry; CASE STUDY 1.5 The closure of a bank department; CASE STUDY 1.6 Demand covering and service level estimation in public services planning; CASE STUDY 1.7 Job shop layout at Jones Medical Laboratories; CASE STUDY 1.8 Monument Engineering Ltd ; CASE STUDY 1.9 The mortgage advisor |
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CASE STUDY 1.10 SABE tractorsCASE STUDY 1.11 Lawnmower Engines Ltd; CASE STUDY 1.12 Sports Co Ltd; CASE STUDY 1.14 KTP tyres; Part two: Logistics and supply chain management; CASE STUDY 2.1 The maintenance stores dilemma ; CASE STUDY 2.2 Communication in business practice; CASE STUDY 2.3 Collaborative distribution considering economic and environmental performance; CASE STUDY 2.4 Data sharing between supply chain actors; CASE STUDY 2.5 Supply chain design for e-retailers; CASE STUDY 2.6 Delays entering a container port |
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CASE STUDY 2.7 Drivers and barriers in implementing information management systems in European micro enterprises CASE STUDY 2.8 Growth strategies of logistics service providers ; CASE STUDY 2.9 Managing sustainability in the fashion supply chain; CASE STUDY 2.10 Supply chain dreams and nightmares; CASE STUDY 2.11 Uncertainty, disruption and resilience; CASE STUDY 2.12 Supply chain management and return on total net assets; CASE STUDY 2.13 Managing workers' interests across global ; CASE STUDY 2.14 Strategic cost management; CASE STUDY 2.15 Optimizing shipment options; Index |
| Summary |
Through the use of real life examples from companies like Honda of America, Volvo, and the Swedish Transport Administration, this book offers tactics and solutions for handling uncertainties, problem solving, and circumventing risk. -- Edited summary from book |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from title page (Safari, viewed April 7, 2016) |
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Business logistics -- Case studies
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Business logistics -- Management
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Purchasing & supply management.
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Operational research.
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Distribution & warehousing management.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industrial Management.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management Science.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Organizational Behavior.
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Business logistics
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Business logistics -- Management
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Distribution and logistics management.
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Operational research.
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Purchasing and supply management.
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Grant, David B., editor.
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| ISBN |
9780749477493 |
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0749477490 |
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