Description
Global Integrated Supply Chain Systems assimilates the principal views from international authors, who provide a combination of industrial experience and scholarly research, in the area of supply chain systems. This book discusses the business and technical reasons for integrating supply chain systems, and provides excellent arguments for globalization resulting through integration of supply chain systems.
Global Integrated Supply Chain Systems will receive an excellent overall understanding of what comprises supply chain systems, why they should be integrated and how the resultant global organization will be able to compete and grow in this age of communication. They will also find practical business reasons for the crucial need to integrate supply chain systems in global enterprises and, more importantly, collaborating clusters of organizations.
Author's/Editor's Biography
Yi-Chen Lan (Ed.)
Dr. Yi-chen Lan is a senior lecturer in the School of Computing and
Information Technology at the University of Western Sydney in Australia. He
holds a Bachelor of Commerce – Computing and Information Systems (Honours)
degree and a Ph.D. in the area of global transitions. Dr. Lan teaches information
systems and management courses in both undergraduate and graduate levels.
Prior to his current academic work, Dr. Lan worked in industry for five years,
wherein he held senior management responsibilities in the areas of information
systems and quality assurance programs in a multinational organization. His
main areas of research include global transition process, global information
systems management issues, globalization framework development, integrated
supply chain development, and health related information systems development
and management. Dr. Lan is a member of the Australian Computer Society
(MACS).
Bhuvan Unhelkar (Ed.)
Dr. Bhuvan Unhelkar has 23 years of strategic and hands-on professional experience in the field of Information and Communication Technologies. He is also an internationally known expert in the field of software modeling and processes with four books and numerous papers to his credit. He brings a unique blend of industrial consulting and robust research together. Prof. Unhelkar is a senior academic at the University of Western Sydney. His interests are mobile technologies, web services and socio-cultural perspectives in ICT.