1. Introduction to supply chain management
2. Inventory management and risk pooling
3. Network planning
4. Supply contracts
5. The value of information
6. Supply chain integration
7. Distribution strategies
8. Strategic alliances
9. Procurement and outsourcing strategies
10. Coordinated product and supply chain design
11. Flexibility
12. Customer value
13. Risk management
14. Sustainable supply chains
15. Smart pricing
16. Information technology and business processes
17. Technology standards

Long established as one of the most authentic and comprehensive texts on the subject area, Designing and Managing the Supply Chain focuses on one crucial element of an organization's success: the link between the value it provides and its supply chain strategies. The title lays great emphasis on both the basic tenets of the subject area as well as supply chain strategies such as flexibility, sustainability, and risk mitigation. The 4th edition includes recent developments in the subject area such as digitization, advanced analytics, machine learning, artificial intelligence, automation, and how these developments are changing the way companies manage business, from demand planning and promotional decisions, all the way to financial planning. India-specific supply chain management strategies and insights have been included across the chapters. Also, this edition includes more solved numerical problems related to various topics of SCM and specific inputs on the use of analytics in the subject area.




Key Features
• New! Three new chapters on supply chain flexibility (Ch 11), supply chain risk management (Ch 13), and sustainable supply chains (Ch 14)
• New! Sections on link between customer value and supply chain strategies, business analytics and smart pricing, new technologies such as IoT, blockchain and their impact of supply chain, etc.
• New! Analytical exercises across the chapter-end materials
• New! More solved examples across the chapters
• India-specific supply chain context added through the inclusion of cases, examples and exhibits on Indian organizations such as Asian Paints, Delhivery, PM Gati Shakti, FCI, Maruti etc.