X-SCM: The New Science of X-treme Supply Chain Management

By Lisa H. Harrington, Sandor Boyson, Thomas Corsi

Book Overview

This book - officially sponsored by the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals and Sterling

Commerce, - contains a multi-faceted, multi-media set of products to serve as a definitive

guide and toolset for executives who must build and operate global supply chain networks in a period of

systemic, extreme change. The book brings together an unprecedented array of contributions from world experts

in the new supply chain science of volatility management. It includes strategic content and discussion as well as

executive templates for high-level decision making and multi-enterprise action-taking.

An experiential Web-Based Supply Chain Risk Simulation will accompany the book. The simulation energizes

and empowers teams online, enabling them to explore supply chain network options and decision-making. It is

designed to address the volatile nature of supply chains today, allowing users to test multiple approaches to

managing ongoing sets of supply chain upheavals and assess their outcomes.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0415873568
• ISBN13: 9780415873567
• Release Date: November 2010
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 312 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 8.4" x 10.8"