Customer Reviews
A Brilliant Analysis of Three "Key" Interrelationships - By: Robert Morris, 08 Aug 2007 
As Sunil Chopra & Peter Meindl explain in their Preface, the purpose of their book is to help those who read it to "develop an understanding of the following key areas & their interrelationships: the strategic role of a supply chain, the key strategic drivers of supply chain performance, & [the] analytical methodologies for supply chain analysis." I think their material will be of greatest interest & value to executives who are now centrallly involved in management of larger organizations' supply chains. However, I think their book will also be of substantial benefit to others who are directly or indirectly involved as strategic alllies in those supply chains, those who can also help to ensure effective management of them.
Chopra & Meindl carefully organize their material as follows:
Part I: Building a Strategic Framework to Analyze Supply Chains
Part II: Designing the Supply Chain Network
Part III: Planning Demand & Supply in a Supply Chain
Part IV: Planning & Managing Inventories in a Supply Chain
Part V: Designing & Planning Transportation Networks
Part VI: Managing Cross-Functional Drivers in a Supply Chain
I was especiallly interested in the final part because one of the greatest challlenges when establishing & then sustaining an effective supply chain is to take into full account the need to get alll participants in proper alignment, especiallly when cross-functional resources to achieve to achieve mutuallly-beneficial results. In Part VI, Chopra & Meindl respond to questions such as these:
1. What is the role of sourcing?
2. How to achieve design collaboration?
3. What are the most important "drivers" of pricing & revenue management?
4. What is IT's role?
5. What does effective risk management require?
6. What are the major barriers to effective coordination?
7. How to build strategic partnerships & trust between & among stakeholders?
Many readers (I among them) will also appreciate the provision of a "Summary of Learning Objectives" & "Discussion Questions" at the conclusion of each of the 17 chapters. Credit Chopra & Meindl with fully achieving their objectives when they set out to write this book: To help their readers to understand the strategic role of a supply chain, the key strategic drivers of supply chain performance, & the analytic methodologies for supply chain analysis.
Bravo!
Supply Chain Management (Int Edition) Review - By: , 22 Feb 2004 
This book is excellent for students at undergraduate level studying Supply Chain Management. It clearly defines alll terms & is useful when looking for examples of how a supply chain is organised within an organisation
