Logistics and Supply Chain Management

Martin Christopher is Chairman of the Centre for Logistics and Supply Chain Management. As an author, he has written numerous books and articles and is on the editorial advisory board of a number of professional journals. He has held appointments as Visiting Professor at the Universities of British Columbia, Canada, New South Wales, Australia and South Florida, USA. Professor Christopher is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing, the Chartered Institute of Logistics & Transport and the Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply. Having won awards including the Sir Robert Lawrence medal of the Institute of Logistics & Transport and the Distinguished Service Award of the USA Council for Supply Chain Management Professionals, in 2007 he was also designated as Foundation Professor by the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply.

Table of Contents

The 4 new chapters will be worked into the structure where appropriate: exact order to be decided



Managing Supply Chain Relationships
Product Design in the Supply Chain
Matching Supply and Demand
Creating a Sustainable Supply Chain

Chapter 1 : Logistics, the Supply Chain & Competitive Strategy

Chapter 2 : Logistics & Customer Value

Chapter 3 : Measuring Logistics Costs and Performance

Chapter 4 : Creating the Responsive Supply Chain

Chapter 5 : Strategic Lead-Time Management

Chapter 6: The Synchronous Supply Chain

Chapter 7 : Managing the Global Pipeline

Chapter 8: Managing Risk in the Supply Chain

Chapter 9: Overcoming the Barriers to Supply Chain Integration

Chapter 10: Entering the Era of Network Competition