Supply Chain Analysis

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Author(s): Mohammad Anwar Rahman (University of Southern Mississippi, USA)
Copyright: 2013
Pages: 13
Source title: Business Strategies and Approaches for Effective Engineering Management
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Saqib Saeed (Department of Computer Information Systems, College of Computer Science and Information Technology, Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal University, Dammam, Saudi Arabia), Mohammad Ayoub Khan (Centre for Development of Advanced Computing, India)and Rizwan Ahmad (Qatar University, Qatar)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-3658-3.ch005

Keywords: Business Science Reference / Industrial Engineering / Operations and Service Management / Science & Engineering

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This chapter focuses on supply chain strategies that benefit organizations to meet the global challenges and business success. The chapter supports understanding of functional coordination in supply chain management, importance of supply chain partnership and performance measures, bullwhip cause-effect and consequences, business promotion strategies, and approach to synchronize operation schedule to improve supply chain operations. Bullwhip effect is often seen as a challenge to improve supply chain performances. It also discusses the strategies to reduce bullwhip effect, various well-known contract agreements that are currently practiced by many supply chain organizations, its impact and benefits on supply chain success.

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