Subject Guides: MBA 637: Global Supply Chain Network: Home

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Supply Chain Forum
Issues from 01/01/2003 to 06/30/2016 are available.
Journal of Supply Chain Management
Issues from 2012 to present available. Open access.
International Journal of Purchasing and Materials Management
Issues from 09/01/1991 to 09/30/1998 available.
International Journal of Physical Distribution & Logistics Management
Issues from 1990 to present available.
International Journal of Production Research
Issues from 11/01/1961 to 18 months ago available.
International Journal of Operations and Production Management
Issues from 1980 to present available.
Decision Sciences
Issues from 03/01/2003 to 1 year ago available.
Supply Chain Management Review
Issues available from 03/01/2000 to present.
Harvard Business Review
Issues from 10/01/1922 to present available.

Books

Comprehensive Logistics (E-book) by Timm Gudehus; Herbert Kotzab
Call Number: E-book, click title to access HD38.5 .G834 2012eb
ISBN: 9783642243677
Publication Date: 2012
Globalized Supply Chains and U. S. Policy (E-book) by Solomon Mensah
Call Number: E-book, click title to access
ISBN: 9781608761333
Publication Date: 2010
Customer-Driven Supply Chains (E-book) by Andrew C. Lyons; Adrian E. Coronado Mondragon; Frank Piller; Raúl Poler
Call Number: E-book, click title to access HD38.5 .C87 2012eb
ISBN: 9781846288760
Publication Date: 2012
Demand Driven Supply Chain (E-book) by Paulo Mendes
Call Number: E-book, click title to access HD38.5 .M46 2011eb
ISBN: 9783642199929
Publication Date: 2011
Adaptive Supply Chain Management (E-book) by Dmitry Ivanov; Boris Sokolov
Call Number: E-book, click title to access
ISBN: 9781848829527
Publication Date: 2010
Enterprise Risk Management Models (E-book) by David L. Olson; Desheng Dash Wu
Call Number: E-book, click title to access HD61 .O47 2010eb (e-book)
ISBN: 9783642114748
Publication Date: 2010
Dynamic Modelling for Supply Chain Management (E-book) by Adolfo Crespo Márquez
Call Number: E-book, click title to access HD38.5 .C74 2010eb
ISBN: 9781848826816
Publication Date: 2010

Suggested Keywords

Suggested Library of Congress Subject: Business Logistics

Keywords

Supply chain management, demand forecasting, inventory management, supply chain strategies, risk assessment, RFID, sustainability, remanufacturing, reverse logistics, outsourcing, procurement, distribution, strategic alliances, supply contracts, agile, lean, risk pooling

(Note: some of these keywords will only be effective when used in combination with others)

Writing Resources

Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL)

A Writer's Reference, 10th Ed (book) by Diana Hacker; Nancy Sommers
Call Number: POR, GOR, & LAC Reference PE1408 .H2778 2021
ISBN: 9781319191887
Publication Date: 2021

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