Supply chains and total product systems : a reader / editors, Ed Rhodes, James P. Warren and Ruth Carter.

Other author Rhodes, Ed.
Other author Warren, James P.
Other author Carter, Ruth, 1946-
Format Book
Publication InfoMalden, MA ; Oxford : Blackwell Pub. in association with the Open University, 2006.
Descriptionxviii, 527 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Supplemental ContentTable of contents
Subjects
Business logistics.

Contents Theoretical & conceptual issues -- From Supply Chains to Total Product Systems / Ed Rhodes -- Supply Chain Management: Relationships, Chains and Networks / Christine M Harland -- Globalisation and Unequalisation: What Can Be Learned from Value Chain Analysis? / Raphael Kaplinsky -- Lean Production and the Toyota Production System or, the Case of the Forgotten Production Concepts / Ian Hampson -- Lean Production in a Changing Competitive World: a Japanese Perspective / Hiroshi Katayama and David Bennett -- Explaining the Diffusion of Knowledge Management: The Role of Fashion / Harry Scarborough and Jacky Swan -- Intangibles: The Soft Side of Innovation / Pim den Hertog, Rob Bilderbeek and Sven Maltha -- The Environmental Challenge for Supply-Chain Management / Q.J. Leiper, P. Riley and S. Uren -- Inter-organizational relationships -- Buyer-Supplier Relationships: A Case Study of a Japanese and Western Alliance / Shiran Cooray and Janek Ratnatunga -- Avoiding the Pitfalls in Supplier Development / Robert Handfield, Daniel Krause, Thomas Scannell and Robert Monczka -- Japanese Automakers, U.S. Suppliers and Supply-Chain Superiority / Jeffrey Liker and Yen-Chun Wu -- Innovation and competition in UK supermarkets / Mark Harvey -- The Similarity and Heterogeneity Theses in Studying Innovation: Evidence from the End-of-Life Vehicle Case / Frank Den Hond -- Supply Chains and Management Accounting / A. Berry, J. Cullen and W. Seal -- Change within organizations -- Manufacturing Strategy Regained: Evidence for the Demise of Best Practice / Alan Pilkington -- A Third-culture Plant / J.J. Fucini and S. Fucini -- Lean Production: A Study of Application in a Traditional Manufacturing Environment / L. Bamber and B.G. Dale -- Lean Production and Sustainable Competitive Advantage / Michael Lewis -- Supporting Small Businesses in their Transition to Lean Production / M.L. Emiliani -- Change Processes Towards Lean Production: The Role of the Management Accounting System / Par Ahlstrom and Christer Karlsson -- Target Costing as a Strategic Tool / John Shank and Joseph Fisher -- Supply-Chain Management for Recoverable Manufacturing Systems / Daniel Guide, Vaidyanathan Jayaraman, Rajesh Srivastava and W.C. Benton -- Issues for SMEs -- The secrets of Industry are in the Air or On the Jungle Drums in the Village: Traded and Untraded Knowledge and Expertise: Interdependencies between SMEs / J.R. Bryson, and P.W Daniels -- Global production and Local Jobs: Can Global Enterprise Networks Be Used as Levers for Local Development? / Florence Palpacuer and Aurelio Parisotto -- The Role of an Integrator Organisation in a Virtual Supply Chain / Frank Cave, Chris West and Alan Matthews -- Issues on Partnering: Evidences from Subcontracting in Aeronautics / Fernand Amesse, Liliana Dragoste, Jean Nollet and Silvia Ponce -- Implementation of Just-in-time Methodology in a Small Company / Surendra M. Gupta and Louis Brennan -- Learning from Others: Benchmarking in Diverse Tourism Enterprises / Michele Cano, Siobhan Drummond, Chris Miller and Steven Barclay -- E-business and e-supply strategy in small and medium sized businesses (SMEs) / B.A. Wagner, Ian Fillis and U. Johansson.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2005025648
ISBN1405124105 (hbk.)
ISBN9781405124102 (hbk.)
ISBN1405124091 (pbk.)
ISBN9781405124096 (pbk.)

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