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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

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