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Contents
Preface xxii
About the Authors xxvi
Part I
Chapter 1 Supply Chain Management: An Overview 3
SUPPLY CHAIN PROFILE: SAB Distribution: Another Sequel 4
Introduction 5
What Forces Are Driving the Rate of Change 7
Globalization 7
Technology 10
Organizational Consolidation and Power Shifts 10
The Empowered Consumer 11
Government Policy and Regulation 12
ON THE LINE: Malt-O-Meal Company: Going National 14
The Supply Chain Concept 15
Development of the Concept 15
Major Supply Chain Issues 24
Supply Chain Networks 24
Complexity 24
Inventory Deployment 25
Information 25
Cost and Value 25
ON THE LINE: Auto Parts Distributor LKQ Discovers the Key to Effective
Carrier Management 26
Organizational Relationships 26
Performance Measurement 27
Technology 27
Transportation Management 27
SUPPLY CHAIN TECHNOLOGY: Trends in Retail Distribution 28
Supply Chain Security 28
Summary 29
Study Questions 29
Notes 30
Case 1.1: Central Transport, Inc. 31
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Summary 70
Study Questions 70
Notes 71
Case 2.1: Senco Electronics Company: A Sequel 72
Case 2.2: Pete’s 74
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Part II
Chapter 4 Supply Chain Relationships 107
SUPPLY CHAIN PROFILE: Client Intimacy: A New Mission for Supply Chain
Managers? 108
Introduction 108
Logistics Relationships 109
Types of Relationships 109
Intensity of Involvement 109
Model for Developing and Implementing Successful
Supply Chain Relationships 111
Need for Collaborative Relationships 115
Third-Party Logistics—Industry Overview 117
ON THE LINE: Collaborative Distribution Can Show You the Path to Lower
Supply Chain Costs and Carbon Emissions 117
Definition of Third-Party Logistics 119
Types of 3PL Providers 119
3PL Market Size and Scope 121
Third-Party Logistics Research Study—Industry Details 123
Profile of Logistics Outsourcing Activities 123
Strategic Role of Information Technology 124
SUPPLY CHAIN TECHNOLOGY: Technology a Key Driver of 3PL
Competitiveness 125
Management and Relationship Issues 127
Customer Value Framework 129
A Strategic View of Logistics and the Role of 3PLs 130
Summary 132
Study Questions 132
Notes 133
Case 4.1: CoLinx, LLC 134
Case 4.2: Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc. 136
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Summary 207
Study Questions 207
Notes 208
Case 6.1: Bazinga Licensing Ltd. 210
Case 6.2: Catnap Pet Products 211
Part III
Chapter 7 Demand Management 215
SUPPLY CHAIN PROFILE: LuAnn’s Chocolates 216
Introduction 217
Demand Management 217
Balancing Supply and Demand 220
Traditional Forecasting 221
Factors Affecting Demand 221
Simple Moving Average 222
Weighted Moving Average 223
Exponential Smoothing 225
Adjusting Exponential Smoothing for Trend 225
Seasonal Influences on Forecasts 228
Forecast Errors 229
SUPPLY CHAIN TECHNOLOGY: Delivering APS Value in Six Months 231
Sales and Operations Planning 234
ON THE LINE: BASF Credits S&OP as a Cornerstone of Success 236
Collaborative Planning, Forecasting, and
Replenishment 237
Fulfillment Models 240
Channels of Distribution 240
Direct-to-Customer (DTC) Fulfillment 242
Summary 249
Study Questions 249
Notes 250
Case 7.1: Tires for You, Inc. 251
Case 7.2: ChipSupreme 253
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Part IV
Chapter 12 Supply Chain Network Analysis and Design 509
SUPPLY CHAIN PROFILE: Volkswagen Opens U.S. Production Facility in
Chattanooga, Tennessee 510
Introduction 511
The Need for Long-Range Planning 512
The Strategic Importance of Logistics/Supply Chain
Network Design 512
Changing Customer Service Requirements 513
Shifting Locations of Customer and/or Supply
Markets 513
Change in Corporate Ownership 514
Cost Pressures 514
Competitive Capabilities 515
Corporate Organizational Change 515
Logistics/Supply Chain Network Design 515
Step 1: Define the Logistics/Supply Chain Network Design
Process 516
Step 2: Perform a Logistics/Supply Chain Audit 516
Step 3: Examine the Logistics/Supply Chain Network
Alternatives 517
Step 4: Conduct a Facility Location Analysis 518
Step 5: Make Decisions Regarding Network and Facility
Location 518
Step 6: Develop an Implementation Plan 519
Major Locational Determinants 519
Key Factors for Consideration 520
ON THE LINE: Global Sourcing and Manufacturing Compel Companies to
Rethink U.S. Distribution Networks 522
Current Trends Governing Site Selection 524
Modeling Approaches 524
Optimization Models 525
Simulation Models 528
Heuristic Models 529
Potential Supply Chain Modeling Pitfalls to Avoid 530
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Part V
Chapter 16 Strategic Challenges and Change for Supply Chains 645
SUPPLY CHAIN PROFILE: From Bean to Cup: How Starbucks Transformed
Its Supply Chain 646
Introduction 648
Principles of Supply Chain Management 648
Principle 1: Segment Customers Based on Service
Needs 648
Principle 2: Customize the Logistics Network 648
Principle 3: Listen to Signals of Market Demand and Plan
Accordingly 648
Principle 4: Differentiate Products Closer to the
Customer 649
Principle 5: Source Strategically 649
Principle 6: Develop a Supply Chainwide Technology
Strategy 650
Principle 7: Adopt Channel-Spanning Performance
Measures 650
Focus of Supply Chain Management 650
Getting to Growth: Think Beyond Cost 651
Develop World-Class Collaboration Skills 653
Grow Your Leadership Capabilities 653
ON THE LINE: Best Buy’s Supply Chain Transformation 654
Supply Chain Strategies 655
Differentiation Strategies 655
SUPPLY CHAIN TECHNOLOGY: Technology a Key Requirement for
Supply Chain Success 656
Financial Strategies 658
Technology-Based Strategies 660
Relationship-Based Strategies 661
Global Strategies 664
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Preface
Supply chain management and the closely related concept of logistics are necessary
cornerstones of competitive strategy, increased market share, and shareholder value for
most organizations. Now more than ever, students who are currently planning to pursue
a career in business will benefit from a clear understanding of this field. Practicing man-
agers will also find this text a beneficial and helpful resource because of its timeliness and
the depth and breadth of the topics covered.
With this edition we have tried to cover, as comprehensively as possible, the changes
in the way business is being done. In fact, the title of this edition—Supply Chain
Management: A Logistics Perspective—reflects the ever-changing nature of this rapidly
evolving field. The author team strives to offer you the most current, comprehensive
thinking on supply chain management, combined with an authenticated, real-world
logistics perspective. In keeping with the dramatic changes that have taken place in the
global business environment and in the field of supply chain management, the organiza-
tion of this edition again provides a logical framework for achieving a meaningful under-
standing of the concepts and principles of supply chain management. Additionally, it is
important to understand that a major feature of this text is that not only is the discipline
of supply chain management viewed from a logistics perspective but also that logistics is
positioned as a set of key processes and functions that are viewed as essential to strategic
and operational success with the broader supply chain concept.
Part I provides a framework for your understanding of supply chain management and
some of its important related components. Chapter 1 is devoted to a comprehensive
introduction to supply chain management. Chapter 2 presents an overview of all of the
important dimensions of logistics and explains the relationship of logistics to supply
chain management. Finally, Chapter 3 explores global supply chains and their relevance
to global trade strategy and success.
Strategic factors are the focus of Part II. Chapter 4 leads off with a discussion of
supply chain relationships and the use of third-party logistics services. Chapter 5, a
chapter devoted to performance measurement and financial analysis, will help you
understand how to use both performance and financial metrics to gauge efficiency and
effectiveness. And finally, Chapter 6 examines the role and importance of information
systems in the effective management of supply chains.
Part III addresses the key process areas within supply chain fulfillment. Chapter 7 dis-
cusses demand management, while Chapter 8 addresses the very closely connected topics
of order management and customer service. Chapter 9 focuses on one of the most crucial
assets on many companies’ balance sheets—inventory management—revealing the costs
of inventory and the most effective means of managing inventory. Transportation and
distribution can be viewed as the glue that holds supply chains together, and effective
strategies and technologies in these areas are the subjects of Chapter 10 and Chapter 11.
With Part IV, you’ll be drawn into the world of supply chain planning, sourcing, and
operations. Chapter 12 will give you the tools needed to analyze, design, and refine a
supply chain network, while Chapter 13 focuses attention on key topics and issues
relating to sourcing, procurement, supplier and vendor relationships, and the latest elec-
tronic technologies to be used in these areas. Chapter 14 on operations and Chapter 15
on reverse flows present entirely new material created for this edition.
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The final chapter, in Part V, explores the major macro trends that will impact
the future of logistics and supply chain management, as well as strategies for staying
competitive in the future. Among the major types of strategies discussed are differentia-
tion, financing, technology, relationships, and globalization. Last, some thoughts are
included on the need for organizations of all types to transform and change their supply
chains as conditions would suggest.
Features
• Learning Objectives at the beginning of each chapter provide students with an
overall perspective of chapter material and also serve to establish a baseline for a
working knowledge of the topics that follow.
• Supply Chain Profiles are the opening vignettes at the beginning of each chapter
that introduce students to the chapter’s topics through familiar, real-world
companies, people, and events.
• On the Line features are applied, concrete examples that provide students with
hands-on managerial experience of the chapter topics.
• Supply Chain Sustainability boxes have been added to highlight the critical
role of supply chain management in conserving resources, reducing waste, and
mitigating the environmental impact of fulfillment operations.
• Supply Chain Technology boxes help students relate technological developments
to supply chain management concepts and logistics practices.
• End-of-chapter summaries and study questions reinforce material presented in
each chapter.
• Short cases at the end of each chapter build upon what students have learned.
Questions that follow the cases sharpen critical thinking skills.
Ancillaries
Instructor’s Resource CD (ISBN 1-111-82299-9) contains three essential resources:
• The Instructor’s Manual includes chapter outlines, answers to end-of-chapter
study questions, commentary on end-of-chapter short cases and end-of-text
comprehensive cases, and teaching tips.
• A convenient Test Bank offers a variety of true/false, multiple choice, and essay
questions for each chapter.
• PowerPoint slides cover the main chapter topics and contain graphics from the
main text.
Student Resources
A rich library of Student’s Resource are available on the companion Web site, such as:
• Suggested reading for Part 1 through Part 5
• Directory of Trade and Professional Organizations in Supply Chain Management
• Additional Cases
• A Guide of Careers in Logistics
• Glossary
• Games and more
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DICEÓPOLIS.
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EL LABRADOR.
Los beocios me los quitaron en la toma de Fila[216].
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DICEÓPOLIS.
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interés te merece Derceles de Fila, frótame pronto los ojos con e
bálsamo de la paz.
DICEÓPOLIS.
Pero, desdichado, yo no soy médico público[218].
EL LABRADOR.
Por piedad, hazlo, para ver si puedo recobrar mis bueyes.
DICEÓPOLIS.
Me es imposible; vete con tus lágrimas a los discípulos de Pítalo[219]
EL LABRADOR.
Ponme siquiera una gota de paz en esta cañita.
DICEÓPOLIS.
Ni el átomo más imperceptible. Vete a llorar donde quieras.
EL LABRADOR.
¡Desdichado de mí! ¡Sin bueyes para la labranza!
CORO.
Este hombre ha conseguido con su tratado muchas ventajas, de las
cuales, al parecer, no quiere hacer partícipe a nadie.
DICEÓPOLIS.
Pon esos callos con miel: asa los calamares.
CORO.
¿Oís cómo levanta la voz?
DICEÓPOLIS.
Asad las anguilas.
CORO.
Nos vas a matar de hambre; y a tus vecinos con el humo y las
voces.
DICEÓPOLIS.
Asad esa con cuidado; que quede doradita.
UN PARANINFO[220].
¡Diceópolis! ¡Diceópolis!
DICEÓPOLIS.
¿Quién llama?
EL PARANINFO.
Un recién casado te envía esta parte de su convite de boda.
DICEÓPOLIS.
Es muy amable, sea quien quiera.
EL PARANINFO.
Te suplica que en cambio de estas viandas, le eches en este vaso
de alabastro una copita de paz, para que pueda eximirse de la milicia y
quedarse en casa disfrutando de los placeres del amor.
DICEÓPOLIS.
Llévate, llévate tus viandas, y nada me des, pues no le cedería una
gota por mil dracmas. — ¿Pero quién es esa mujer?
EL PARANINFO.
Es la madrina de la boda. Quiere hablarte a ti solo, de parte de la
novia.
DICEÓPOLIS.
Vamos, ¿qué tienes que decirme?... — ¡Dioses inmortales! Qué
ridícula es la pretensión de la novia... Me pide que haga de modo que
permanezca en la casa una parte del cuerpo de su esposo[221]. Ea
venga aquí el tratado; a ella sola le daré parte, en consideración a que
siendo mujer no debe sufrir las molestias de la guerra. Tú (A la
madrina.), buena mujer, acerca el frasco... ¿Sabes cómo se ha de
usar? Dile a la desposada que cuando se haga la leva de los
soldados, unte con esto esa parte del cuerpo de su marido que desea
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copas.
CORO.
Ahí se acerca uno con el entrecejo fruncido, como si nos fuera a
anunciar alguna desgracia.
MENSAJERO 1.º
¡Oh trabajos y combates! ¡Oh Lámacos![222]
LÁMACO.
¿Quién mueve tanto estrépito en torno de esta casa hermoseada
por ornamentos de bronce?[223].
MENSAJERO 1.º
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penachos, partas hoy mismo, a pesar de la nieve, a custodiar la
frontera. Han sabido que los bandidos beocios pensaban invadi
nuestro territorio, en ocasión de estarse celebrando la fiesta de las
copas y las ollas[224].
LÁMACO.
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poder ni siquiera celebrar esta fiesta?
DICEÓPOLIS.
¡Oh ejército bélico-lamacaico![225].
LÁMACO.
¡Oh desgracia! ¿Ya te burlas de mí?
DICEÓPOLIS.
¿Quieres luchar con este Gerión de cuádruple penacho?[226].
LÁMACO.
¡Ay! ¡Ay! ¡Qué noticia tan triste me ha traído este mensajero!
DICEÓPOLIS.
¡Oh! ¡Oh! ¡Qué agradable es la que me trae este otro!
MENSAJERO 2.º
¡Diceópolis!
DICEÓPOLIS.
¿Qué hay?
MENSAJERO 2.º
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sacerdote de Baco[227]: pero apresúrate: los convidados te esperan. Ya
está todo preparado, los triclinios, los cojines, los tapetes, las coronas
los perfumes y los postres: hay allí cortesanas y galletas, pasteles
tortas de sésamo, rosquillas y hermosas bailarinas, delicias de
Harmodio[228]; pero corre, corre cuanto puedas.
LÁMACO.
¡Infeliz de mí!
DICEÓPOLIS.
¡Infeliz tú, cuando te pavoneas con la gran Gorgona de tu escudo
Cerrad la puerta y preparad la comida.
LÁMACO.
¡Esclavo, esclavo! Tráeme la maleta.
DICEÓPOLIS.
¡Esclavo, esclavo! Tráeme la cesta.
LÁMACO.
Trae sal mezclada con tomillo, y cebollas.
DICEÓPOLIS.
Y a mí peces; me cansan las cebollas.
LÁMACO.
Tráeme aquel rancio guiso envuelto en su hoja de higuera.
DICEÓPOLIS.
Y a mí aquel recién hecho[229]: ya lo coceré yo.
LÁMACO.
Tráeme las plumas de mi casco.
DICEÓPOLIS.
Tráeme pichones y tordos.
LÁMACO.
¡Qué hermosa y qué blanca es esta pluma de avestruz!
DICEÓPOLIS.
¡Qué hermosa y qué dorada está la carne de este pichón!
LÁMACO.
Amigo, deja de burlarte de mi armadura.
DICEÓPOLIS.
Amigo, deja, si puedes, de mirar mis tordos.
LÁMACO.
Dame la caja de mi triple cimera.
DICEÓPOLIS.
Dame ese embutido de carne de liebre.
LÁMACO.
¡Cómo han devorado las polillas mis penachos!
DICEÓPOLIS.
¡Cómo voy a devorar embutidos de liebre antes del banquete!
LÁMACO.
Amigo, ¿no puedes dejar de hablarme?
DICEÓPOLIS.
No te hablo; disputo hace tiempo con mi esclavo. — ¿Quieres
apostar (Lámaco decidirá la cuestión) si son más sabrosos los tordos
que las langostas?
LÁMACO.
Estás muy insolente.
DICEÓPOLIS.
Dice que son más sabrosas las langostas.
LÁMACO.
Esclavo, esclavo, saca la lanza y tráemela.
DICEÓPOLIS.
Esclavo, esclavo, saca aquella morcilla del fuego y tráemela.
LÁMACO.
Ea, sujeta bien la lanza mientras yo tiro de la vaina.
DICEÓPOLIS.
Ten tú también firme y no lo sueltes[230].
LÁMACO.
Saca las abrazaderas de mi escudo.
DICEÓPOLIS.
Saca del horno los panes, abrazaderas de mi estómago.
LÁMACO.
Tráeme el disco del escudo que tiene una Gorgona.
DICEÓPOLIS.
Tráeme el disco de aquel pastel que tiene un queso.
LÁMACO.
¿No es este un burlón sin gracia?
DICEÓPOLIS.
¿No es este un pastel delicioso?
LÁMACO.
Echa aceite en el escudo. Veo en él la imagen de un viejo que será
acusado de cobardía[231].
DICEÓPOLIS.
Echa miel al pastel. Veo en él la imagen de un viejo que hace rabia
al penachudo Lámaco.
LÁMACO.
Esclavo, tráeme la coraza de batalla.
DICEÓPOLIS.
Esclavo, tráeme mi coraza, es decir, mi copa.
LÁMACO.
Con esto defenderé mi pecho contra los enemigos.
DICEÓPOLIS.
Con esto defenderé mi pecho contra los bebedores[232].
LÁMACO.
Sujeta esas correas a mi escudo.
DICEÓPOLIS.
Sujeta los platos a la cesta.
LÁMACO.
Cogeré esta maleta y la llevaré yo mismo.
DICEÓPOLIS.
Yo cogeré este vestido y me marcharé.
LÁMACO.
Toma el escudo y anda. — ¡Oh Júpiter! ¡Está nevando! Tengo que
hacer una campaña de invierno.
DICEÓPOLIS.
Recoge las viandas. Tengo que cenar.
(Salen ambos.)
CORO.
Id alegremente a la guerra. ¡Qué caminos tan diversos seguís
Aquel beberá, coronado de flores; tú harás centinela medio helado
aquel dormirá con una hermosísima joven... Lo digo de veras: ¡ojalá
Júpiter confunda al hijo de Psacas, a Antímaco, poetastro infeliz, que
siendo corega[233] en las fiestas Leneas, me mandó a mi casa sin
cenar! ¡Ojalá le vea yo algún día deseoso de comer un calamar, y
cuando esté ya frito, chirriando en la sartén, servido en la mesa, y
aderezado con sal, en el momento de llevarlo a la boca, un perro se lo
arrebate y escape con él!
Además de ese mal, le deseo otra aventura nocturna. ¡Ojalá a
volver febril a su casa, después de la equitación, se tropiece con
Orestes[234] borracho, y este enfurecido le rompa la cabeza; y que
pensando tirarle una piedra, coja en la oscuridad un excremento
reciente, y al lanzarlo con ímpetu como si fuera un guijarro, yerre e
golpe y le pegue a Cratino![235].
UN CRIADO DE LÁMACO.
¡Esclavos de Lámaco, pronto, pronto, calentad agua en un
pucherillo! Preparad trapos, ungüento, lana virgen y vendas, para
atarle el tobillo. Al saltar una zanja se ha herido con una estaca, se ha
dislocado un pie y se ha roto la cabeza contra una peña; la Gorgona
saltó del escudo, y al ver el héroe su formidable penacho caído entre
las piedras, entonó estos versos terribles:
Por la postrera vez, astro brillante,
Te ven mis ojos; desfallezco y muero.[236]
Dicho esto, cae en una zanja, levántase, se arroja sobre los fugitivos
persigue a los bandoleros, los hostiliza con su lanza. Pero helo aquí
abrid pronto la puerta.
LÁMACO.
¡Ay, ay, ay! ¡Qué agudos dolores! ¡Qué frío! ¡Yo muero, triste de mí
herido por una lanza enemiga! Pero aun será mas terrible mi desgracia
si Diceópolis viéndome en este estado, se burla de mi infortunio.
DICEÓPOLIS (Con dos cortesanas del brazo).
¡Ay! ¡ay! ¡ay! ¡Vuestro turgente seno tiene la dureza del membrillo
Dadme un beso, tesoro mío, un beso dulce y voluptuoso. Pues yo he
sido el que he bebido la primera copa.
LÁMACO.
¡Oh suerte funesta! ¡Oh dolorosísimas heridas!
DICEÓPOLIS.
¡Ah! ¡Ah! Salud, caballero Lámaco.
LÁMACO.
¡Infeliz de mí!
DICEÓPOLIS.
¡Qué desdichado soy!
LÁMACO.
¿Por qué me besas?
DICEÓPOLIS.
¿Por qué me muerdes?
LÁMACO.
¡Infortunado! ¡Qué duro escote he pagado en el combate!
DICEÓPOLIS.
Pues qué, ¿se paga escote en la fiesta de las copas?[237]
LÁMACO.
¡Oh Peán! ¡Peán![238]
DICEÓPOLIS.
Hoy no se celebran las fiestas de Peán.
LÁMACO.
Levantadme, levantadme esta pierna. ¡Ay, amigos míos
sostenedme!
DICEÓPOLIS.
Vosotras, amigas mías, sostenedme también[239].
LÁMACO.
La herida de la cabeza me da vértigos y me turba la vista.
DICEÓPOLIS.
Yo quiero acostarme; no puedo más: necesito descanso[240].
LÁMACO.
Llevadme a casa de Pítalo, cuyas manos son émulas de las de
Peán[241].
DICEÓPOLIS.
Llevadme ante los jueces. ¿Dónde está el rey? Dadme el odre
señalado como premio.
LÁMACO.
Una lanza terrible se ha clavado en mis huesos.
DICEÓPOLIS.
Mirad esta copa vacía. ¡Victoria! ¡Victoria!
CORO.
¡Victoria! Anciano, pues así lo deseas, clamemos ¡victoria!
DICEÓPOLIS.
He llenado mi copa de vino y la he apurado sin respirar.
CORO.
¡Victoria! recoge tu odre, ilustre vencedor.
DICEÓPOLIS.
Seguidme cantando: ¡Victoria! ¡Victoria!
CORO.
Te seguiremos cantando ¡victoria! ¡victoria! a ti y a tu odre.