Supply Chain Management for Competitive Advantage,Rangaraj

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This book is positioned to serve two audiences: the MBA and senior student in a business programme, and the professional working in industry who wishes to gain a deeper understanding of supply chain management and logistics especially in an Indian context. The book thus provides anoverview of concepts as well as intensive material for analysis and training in the area that has come to be known as Supply Chain Management. The topics covered are far reaching in practical scope. A special feature of the book is the collection of detailed cases. All cases are situated in the Indian business environment, as it makes a transition from traditional business practices to new ones in an arena of global competition. This attempts to fill a stated gap in the academic and business literature in the area. The cases are all drawn from real organisations and many are presented with actual data and descriptions that provide a realistic picture of issues in supply chain management. Key Features: Concepts are supplemented with examples and diagrams Dedicated chapters on Designing and managing effective supply chains and Measuring performance of SCMs Focused discussion on supply chain efficiencies and "tean thinking" Coverage of IT and quantitative tools in SCM A brief overview of each case, questions for analysis and an approach to the case is suggested for the benefits of the students. Ancillaries A teaching plan for some typical course offerings in the area Links to contemporary developments in the area, which can serve as the starting point for some applied research in the subject. An OLC having suggestions for the instructors and teaching notes for cases.

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: Narayan Rangaraj Professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research at the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, where he has been on the faculty since 1990. He has a Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins University and a B. Tech from IIT Bombay. His areas of research include transport operations management, inventory and other aspects of supply chain management, and applications of operations research techniques to various sectors. His recent areas of work include railway operations, containerisation, the aviation sector and pricing/revenue management. Mandyam Srinivasan Ball Corporation Distinguished Professor of Business at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, USA. He has taught at this university since 1992. He has a Ph.D. from Northwestern University, a PGDM from IIMBangalore, and an M Tech degree from IIT-Madras. Srinivasan has many years of experience in the automobile industry. He has consulted with, and trained senior executives from numerous U.S. Fortune 500 organisations on how to build and manage lean supply chains. He has also trained senior executives in India, Germany, Taiwan, Sweden, Singapore, China, Mexico and Romania. Srinivasan has published over forty papers in peer-reviewed journals and has written many articles for trade journals and magazines. G. Raghuram Indian Railways Chair Professor in Rail Transport and Infrastructure Management at the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad. He has been on the faculty there since 1985. He has a Ph.D. from Northwestern University, PGDM from IIM Ahmedabad and a B. Tech degree from IIT-Madras. He has specialised in logistics and supply chain management, and infrastructure and transportation systems. His areas of research, consultancy, case studies and publications include railways, ports and shipping, air and road sector, service organisations and issues in logistics and supply chain management. Table of Content: Chapter 1. An Overview of Supply Chain ManagementChapter 2. Understanding Supply Chain DynamicsChapter 3. Designing the Supply ChainChapter 4. Performance MeasurementChapter 5. SCM Effectiveness and Lean ThinkingChapter 6. SCM Across Organisations: Upstream InterfaceChapter 7. SCM Across Organisations: Downstream InterfaceChapter 8. Transportation, Storage and warehousingChapter 9. Role of Information Technology in SCMChapter 10. Quantitative Tools for Supply Chain Management Case Studies: Chapter 1. Laxmi TransformersChapter 2. Rajashree Cement-Engine on LoadChapter 3. Western Oil Ltd (A)Chapter 4. Farmaid Tractors LimitedChapter 5. SCM at Titan Industries Ltd.Chapter 6. CONCOR: Tea TransportationChapter 7. Chilli in Soup (A)Chapter 8. Bayer Corp Science: Science for a Better Supply ChainChapter 9. Food World (B): Supply Chain StrategyChapter 10. Seth Dhaniram-C&FAChapter 11. Airfreight Ltd.