TY - BOOK ID - 8504563 TI - Supply Chain Management : Pathways for Research and Practice PY - 2011 SN - 9535150995 9533072946 PB - IntechOpen DB - UniCat KW - Business logistics. KW - Supply chain management KW - Industrial management KW - Logistics KW - Purchasing & supply management UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:8504563 AB - Challenges faced by supply chains appear to be growing exponentially under the demands of increasingly complex business environments confronting the decision makers. The world we live in now operates under interconnected economies that put extra pressure on supply chains to fulfil ever-demanding customer preferences. Relative attractiveness of manufacturing as well as consumption locations changes very rapidly, which in consequence alters the economies of large scale production. Coupled with the recent economic swings, supply chains in every country are obliged to survive with substantially squeezed margins. In this book, we tried to compile a selection of papers focusing on a wide range of problems in the supply chain domain. Each chapter offers important insights into understanding these problems as well as approaches to attaining effective solutions. ER -