PART I: BUILDING A STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK TO ANALYZE SUPPLY CHAINS Understanding the Supply ChainSupply Chain Performance: Achieving Strategic Fit and ScopeSupply Chain Drivers and Metrics PART II: DESIGNING THE SUPPLY CHAIN NETWORK Designing Distribution Networks and Applications to Online SalesNetwork Design in the Supply ChainDesigning Global Supply Chain Networks PART III: PLANNING AND COORDINATING DEMAND AND SUPPLY IN A SUPPLY CHAIN Demand Forecasting in a Supply ChainAggregate Planning in a Supply ChainSales and Operations Planning in a Supply ChainCoordination in a Supply Chain PART IV: PLANNING AND MANAGING INVENTORIES IN A SUPPLY CHAIN Managing Economies of Scale in a Supply Chain: Cycle Inventory Appendix 11A: Economic Order Quantity Managing Uncertainty in a Supply Chain: Safety Inventory Appendix 12A: The NormalAppendix 12B: The Normal Distribution in ExcelAppendix 12C: Expected Shortage per Replenishment CycleAppendix 12D: Evaluating Safety Inventory for Slow-Moving Items Linking Product Availability to Profits Appendix 13A: Optimal Level of Product AvailabilityAppendix 13B: An Intermediate EvaluationAppendix 13C: Expected Profit from an OrderAppendix13D: Expected Overstock from an OrderAppendix 13E: Expected Understock from an OrderAppendix 13F: Simulation Using Spreadsheets PART V: DESIGNING AND PLANNING TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS Transportation in a Supply Chain PART VI: MANAGING CROSS FUNCTIONAL DRIVERS IN A SUPPLY CHAIN Sourcing Decisions in a Supply ChainPricing and Revenue Management in a Supply ChainSustainability and the Supply Chain PART VII: ONLINE CHAPTER A. Information Technology in a Supply Chain

Hallmark features of this title. Guide your students through the fundamentals of supply chains. A strategic framework identifies the key drivers of supply chain performance,including facilities, inventory, transportation, and more.Learning objectives show students what they need to take away from each chapter. Enhance your students’ engagement and critical-thinking skills with in-text applications. Students can use mini-cases, examples, and exercisesto apply the concepts and methodologies in the context of strategic decision-making for a business.Every analytic methodology is illustrated with its application in Excel, and students have access to associated Excel files.

New to this edition. Sharpen your students' critical thinking and data analytics skills through the text. New cases have been added to chapters 5, 8, and 15; other cases are updated; and new examples have been added with a global focus.Concepts underlying the design of distribution networks are illustrated in the context of omni-channel retailing in Chapter 4. The evolution of retailing is used throughout the book to illustrate the link between supply chain concepts and strategic decision-making in a supply chain.The link between supply chain decisions and the financial performance of a firm is developed in detail in Chapter 3.New exercises have been added in several chapters. Develop your students’ ability to use Excel® in order to make better decisions. For all numerical examples, the authors have created spreadsheets to help students explore the concepts through "what-if" analyses. They are available at pearsonhighered.com/chopra along with basic guidance on how they may be used.