Sustainable Supply Chain Management
Sustainable Supply Chain Management

Author: Evelin Krmac

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2016-06-30

Total Pages: 278

ISBN-13: 9535124331

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The book is a collection of studies dedicated to different perspectives of three dimensions or pillars of the sustainability of supply chain and supply chain management - economic, environmental, and social - and other aspects related to performance evaluation, optimization, and modelling of and for sustainable supply chain management, and thus presents another valuable contribution to sustainable development and sustainable way of life.

Supply Chain Performance and Evaluation Models
Supply Chain Performance and Evaluation Models

Author: Dominique Estampe

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2014-10-13

Total Pages: 137

ISBN-13: 1119008115

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This book presents the different models of supply chain performance evaluation for global supply chains. It describes why it is necessary to evaluate global performance both to assess the contribution of the supply chain to achieve the goals of creating value throughout the chain and also to meet customer requirements in terms of time, responsiveness and reliability. The author provides an understanding of how evaluation models are chosen according to criteria including the level of maturity of the organization, the level of decision-making and the level of value creation desired.

The Practice of Supply Chain Management: Where Theory and Application Converge
The Practice of Supply Chain Management: Where Theory and Application Converge

Author: Terry P. Harrison

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2006-04-11

Total Pages: 359

ISBN-13: 0387272755

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For over a decade, there has been an increasing interest in the use of supply chain methods to improve performance across the entire business enterprise. Numerous industries have recognized the importance of efficient supply chain integration, and, as a result, supply chain management has become a standard part of business practice. The Practice of Supply Chain Management: Where Theory and Application Converge is a must-have volume for users of supply chain management methods, supply chain management researchers, and students in supply chain management. The objective of the book is to provide an overview of this important practice-research cycle, and it is organized into three sections: Core Concepts and Practices; Emerging Supply Chain Practices; and Supply Chain in Action. The focus of the book is on supply chain practice, but supply chain practice that has been heavily influenced by supply chain research. It is this synergy between research and practice that continues to simulate new directions for research.

Supplier Evaluation and Performance Excellence
Supplier Evaluation and Performance Excellence

Author: Sherry R. Gordon

Publisher: J. Ross Publishing

Published: 2008-04-15

Total Pages: 257

ISBN-13: 1932159800

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Understanding supplier performance is vital to ensuring a well-functioning supply network. This unique how-to book helps readers develop and implement a supplier evaluation process that can result in reduced costs, lower risk, and improved performance of both the user's company and its suppliers.

Management by Measurement
Management by Measurement

Author: Fiorenzo Franceschini

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2007-08-13

Total Pages: 250

ISBN-13: 3540732128

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Companies are what they measure and the selection of good performance indicators is not an easy process. This monograph suggests how to identify indicators that achieve a balance in these effects and enhance long-term profitability. It focuses on the designing of a Performance Measurement System (PMS).

Concepts, Applications and Emerging Opportunities in Industrial Engineering
Concepts, Applications and Emerging Opportunities in Industrial Engineering

Author: Gary Moynihan

Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand

Published: 2021-01-07

Total Pages: 272

ISBN-13: 183880935X

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From their initial focus in manufacturing, the industrial engineering principles, tools, and techniques have spread across a spectrum of application areas. Topics covered in this book apply to this continuum of application, including operations planning, safety, quality, production control, inventory management, operations research, supply chain management, and continuous improvement. This edited book comes at an opportune time. It incorporates new knowledge and expertise in a rapidly changing engineering discipline that is a vital force in a wide range of manufacturing, service, educational, and government organizations. Such concepts as lean systems, sustainability, systems thinking, data analytics, and additive manufacturing, as well as utilization of advanced computer software, have further expanded industrial engineering's breadth. Each chapter reflects important aspects of these advances.

Quantitative Models for Performance Evaluation and Benchmarking
Quantitative Models for Performance Evaluation and Benchmarking

Author: Joe Zhu

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-09-11

Total Pages: 419

ISBN-13: 3319066471

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The author is one of the prominent researchers in the field of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), a powerful data analysis tool that can be used in performance evaluation and benchmarking. This book is based upon the author’s years of research and teaching experiences. It is difficult to evaluate an organization’s performance when multiple performance metrics are present. The difficulties are further enhanced when the relationships among the performance metrics are complex and involve unknown tradeoffs. This book introduces Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) as a multiple-measure performance evaluation and benchmarking tool. The focus of performance evaluation and benchmarking is shifted from characterizing performance in terms of single measures to evaluating performance as a multidimensional systems perspective. Conventional and new DEA approaches are presented and discussed using Excel spreadsheets — one of the most effective ways to analyze and evaluate decision alternatives. The user can easily develop and customize new DEA models based upon these spreadsheets. DEA models and approaches are presented to deal with performance evaluation problems in a variety of contexts. For example, a context-dependent DEA measures the relative attractiveness of similar operations/processes/products. Sensitivity analysis techniques can be easily applied, and used to identify critical performance measures. Two-stage network efficiency models can be utilized to study performance of supply chain. DEA benchmarking models extend DEA’s ability in performance evaluation. Various cross efficiency approaches are presented to provide peer evaluation scores. This book also provides an easy-to-use DEA software — DEAFrontier. This DEAFrontier is an Add-In for Microsoft® Excel and provides a custom menu of DEA approaches. This version of DEAFrontier is for use with Excel 97-2013 under Windows and can solve up to 50 DMUs, subject to the capacity of Excel Solver. It is an extremely powerful tool that can assist decision-makers in benchmarking and analyzing complex operational performance issues in manufacturing organizations as well as evaluating processes in banking, retail, franchising, health care, public services and many other industries.

Tourism Supply Chain Management
Tourism Supply Chain Management

Author: Haiyan Song

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2012-03-12

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 1136640320

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Fierce global competition in the tourism industry is now focused on integral parts of supply chains rather than on individual firms. The highly competitive environment has forced tourism firms to look for ways to enhance their competitive advantage. Tourism products are often viewed by consumers as a value-added chain of different service components and identifying ways to effectively manage the interrelated tourism business operations will enable tourism firms to better meet customer needs and accomplish business goals thus maintaining competitive advantage over their equally efficient rivals. This significant and timely volume is the first to apply supply chain management theories and practices in the context of tourism. By doing so the book offers insight into the relationships between tourism enterprises, how coordination across organizations can be effectively achieved and how business performance can be improved. It provides comprehensive and systematic coverage of modern supply chain management concepts and methodologies applied to the tourism and hospitality industries. The text covers key issues and principles including: marketing and product development, demand forecasting, supplier selection and management, distribution channels, capacity management, customer relationship management, tourism supply chain competition and coordination, and e-tourism. The book combines essential theory and comparative international examples based on primary research to show challenges and opportunities of effective tourism supply chain management. This text is essential for final year undergraduate and postgraduate students studying Tourism Management, Tourism Planning and Tourism Economics.

Business Performance Measurement and Management
Business Performance Measurement and Management

Author: Paolo Taticchi

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2010-01-22

Total Pages: 373

ISBN-13: 3642048005

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Measuring and managing the performance of a business is one of the most genuine desires of management. Balanced scorecard, the performance prism and activity-based management are the most popular frameworks in this setting. Based on the findings of R.G. Eccles’ acclaimed "Performance Measurement Manifesto (1991)" this book introduces new contexts and themes of application and presents emerging research areas related to business performance measurement and management, e.g. SMEs and sustainability. As a result of the 1st International Summer School Piero Lunghi on "Perspectives of Business Performance Management" this book is written both for students and academics, as well as for practitioners looking for new, yet proven ways to measure and manage business performance.

Evaluation of supply chain management, operations strategy and critical performance principles
Evaluation of supply chain management, operations strategy and critical performance principles

Author: Muhammad Khurram

Publisher: GRIN Verlag

Published: 2019-07-10

Total Pages: 20

ISBN-13: 3668977607

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Research Paper (undergraduate) from the year 2018 in the subject Business economics - Business Management, Corporate Governance, grade: A, BPP University, language: English, abstract: To manage the resources correctly, operational management is essential to the organization to develop services and products successfully. Resources of an organization are including people, technology, materials or information. To generate such products and services, it is essential that the resources are consumed technically and wisely. Thus carefully handling the elements is all about proper operational management that is producing results such as services and products. To generate goods and services, the operation management helps in combining all the activities going on in the organization. The report below explains the procedure of evaluation of supply chain management, operations strategy, and critical performance principles. Using the operation management different kinds of competitive strategy is analyzed. It is believed that operations management is used to improve the organization’s strategies. In the end, few suggestions and recommendations are given to help in enhancing the four operation strategies consumed in the chosen companies.