Contents
How Readers Can Use this Encyclopedia
How Instructors Can Use this Encyclopedia
Quotes From Professors and Students
Essential Supply Chain and Operations Terms
Part I Global Macrotrends Impacting the Supply Chain Environment
Chapter 1 Supply Chain Management in the 21st Century
The Underpinnings of Supply Chain Management
What You Will Learn from This Book
Managing the Supply Chain to Mitigate Macrotrend Risks
Chapter 2 Global Population Growth and Migration
Impacts of Population Change on Demand and Supply
Population Growth Perspectives
Organic Population Growth Issues for Supply Chain Managers
Supply Chain Problems Created by Migration-Based Growth
The Future Supply Chain Manager’s Population-Oriented Agenda
Chapter 3 Global Connectivity and Socioeconomic Leveling
Economic Leveling and Connectivity Issues for Future Supply Chain Managers
Chapter 4 The Changing Physical Environment
The Environment and You, You and the Environment
Environmental Pressures on Supply Chains
Environmental Challenges for Future Supply Chain Managers
Chapter 5 Geopolitical and Social Systems Disruptions
Commodity Hoarding and Export Restriction: The China Syndrome
Government Risks and Considerations
Tangible and Virtual Intentional Disruptions
Geopolitical Challenges for Future Supply Chain Managers
Part II Macrotrend Implications for Supply Chain Functionality
Chapter 6 Implications for Supply Chain Planning: Demand and Supply Uncertainty
How Supply Chain Plans Improve Performance
The Supply Chain Planning Function
Macrotrend Demand/Supply Impacts: Supply Chain Planning Considerations
Chapter 7 Implications for Sourcing/Procurement: Natural Resource Scarcity
Understanding Resource Scarcity Today and Tomorrow
Natural Resource Attributes and Their Future Implications
The Seven Forces Driving Resource Scarcity
Scarcity Strategies for the Future Procurement/Supply Manager
Sourcing and Procurement Responses to Resource Scarcity Through 2030
Chapter 8 Implications for Production: Disrupted Process Flows
Manufacturing and the Larger Economy
Manufacturing-Driven Supply Chain Strategies
Manufacturing Strategies for the Future Production Manager
Chapter 9 Implications for Transportation/Logistics: Congestion and Infrastructure Decay
Public-Private Partnerships and Other Solutions
Responding to Congestion, Distance Friction, and an Overwhelmed Infrastructure
Diffusing Congestion with Advanced Technologies
Part III Macrotrend Risk-Mitigation Strategies
Chapter 10 Mitigating Supply-Driven Imbalance
Resource Scarcity Mitigation Strategies for the Supply Chain
Mitigating Supply-Driven Imbalances
Chapter 11 Mitigating Demand-Driven Imbalance
Demand Shaping in the Transforming World: Macro and Micro Issues
The Case for Demand/Supply Integration
Implementing DSI to Mitigate Demand-Side Imbalances