E-Business and Supply Chain Integration (eBook, ePUB)

Strategies and Case Studies from Industry
Redaktion: Bak, Ozlem

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Using e-business technologies to manage supply chains increases the efficiency and performance of logistics, production, distribution and other related activities. E-Business and Supply Chain Integration explains how a number of tools can be used to produce an e-supply chain and achieve higher productivity.

This essential book examines supply chain theories along with real life cases and examples from industry to illustrate how e-business can enhance supply chain integration and highlights the negative outcomes when it is poorly managed. Dr Ozlem Bak and a team of expert contributors from practice and academia assess the impact of e-business on numerous different sectors, such as automotive, healthcare, logistics, higher education, and professional services. E-Business and Supply Chain Integration explains the strategic implications of new technologies and provides guidance on effective supply chains in e-businesses.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Kogan Page eBook
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 3. Februar 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780749478469
• Artikelnr.: 50859614

Autorenporträt

Dr Ozlem Bak is Senior Lecturer at Huddersfield University, UK. She lectures on courses in operations management, purchasing, and supply chain management at undergraduate and postgraduate level. Before entering academia she worked in the automotive industry for companies such as Daimler Chrysler and Hyundai.

Inhaltsangabe

• Section - 01: E-integrated healthcare supply chains: tracking and monitoring medical devices in the National Health Service (NHS), UK [Dr Ying Xie and Dr Liz Breen];
• Section - 02: Smart technologies: disruptive technologies and the agrifood industry - fit for practice? [Professor Kim P Bryceson and Dr Asif Yaseen];
• Section - 03: Digital technologies in the professional services industry: aligning human capital supply with market demand [Georg Juelke];
• Section - 04: Implementation of e-health to improve healthcare [Wenqi Jacintha Hee, Dr Geoffrey Jalleh and Dr Chad Lin];
• Section - 05: E-learning in higher education: a case of doctoral dialogue in a virtual space [Dr Mark Readman];
• Section - 06: E-government: assessing the impact of e-business technologies on government service supply chains [Dr Ozlem Bak];
• Section - 07: Cloud technology: China's e-business approach to market development - the case of `Alisports [David Cockayne];
• Section - 08: Supply chain integration through e-business-enabled enterprise systems: the case of the UK automobile sector [Professor Vikas Kumar, Dr John Loonam, Archana Kumari, Professor Jose Arturo Garza-Reyes and Hieu Van Ngo];
• Section - 09: The role of business-to-business platforms and their implications for supply chains: a case from the European automotive industry [Dr Ozlem Bak];
• Section - 10: E-freight: prospects and challenges of the digitalization of the air cargo supply chain [Alicja Gajewska and Dr Eric Tchouamou Njoya];
• Section - 11: E-learning in higher education: an account of student autonomy within the context of a UK-based e-learning environment [Dr Ozlem Bak];

Rezensionen

"This book will prove to be a valuable resource to anyone looking to gain a secure foothold and strong understanding in emerging technologies and their subsequent impact on future supply chains." Michael Johnson, Head of Business Solutions, Unipart, UK