E-Supply Chain Technologies and Management

Zhang, Qingyu

Idea Group Inc (IGI), Mar 31, 2007 - Business & Economics - 312 pages

E-supply chain is the use of information technology, electronic means, or cyberspace to bring together widely dispersed suppliers and buyers, to enhance coordination and knowledge sharing, and to manage upstream and downstream value chain channels. E-Supply Chain Technologies and Management offers the most comprehensive analysis of the concepts, models, and IT infrastructures of electronic supply chains. This Premier Reference Source provides a broad understanding of issues pertaining to the use of emerging information technologies and their impact on supply chain flexibility and management. Professionals, researchers, and practitioners who want to explore the concepts and principles of e-supply chain, or want to apply various e-supply chain models and systems to solve business problems, will find this reference book to be an indispensable tool.

Contents

• ESupply Chain Technologies and Infrastructure: 111
• Best Practices and Performance Management: 207
• About the Authors: 283
• Index: 288

About the author

Qingyu Zhang received his Ph.D. in Manufacturing Management and Engineering from the College of Business Administration of the University of Toledo. He is a Certified Fellow in Production and Inventory Management (CFPIM) by APICS. He is also certified MCSD, MCSE, and MCDBA by Microsoft. He is an associate professor at Arkansas State University. He has published in European Journal of Operational Research, International Journal of Production Research, Journal of Operations Management, International Journal of Production Economics, Kybernetes: International Journal of Systems and Cybernetics, Industrial Management & Data Systems, International Journal of Operations and Production Management, International Journal of Logistics Management, Journal of Systems Science and Systems Engineering, International Journal of Product Development, International Journal of Quality and Reliability Management, European Journal of Innovation Management, and International Journal of Information Technology and Decision Making. Dr. Zhang?s research interests are supply chain management, value chain flexibility, e-commerce, product development, and data mining. He serves on the Editorial Boards of Journal of Computer Information Systems, Information Resource Management Journal, International Journal of Data Analysis Techniques and Strategy, and International Journal of Information Technology Project Management. [Editor]

Bibliographic information

• Title: E-Supply Chain Technologies and Management; IGI Global research collection; ITPro collection; Premier reference source
• Editor: Zhang, Qingyu
• Edition: illustrated
• Publisher: Idea Group Inc (IGI), 2007
• ISBN: 1599042576, 9781599042572
• Length: 312 pages
• Subjects: Business & Economics / General; Business & Economics / Management; Computers / General