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Book SynopsisFrom boycotts of plastics and palm oil by consumers, to the tracking of carbon footprints and modern slavery in their supply chains by businesses, buying ethically has now fully captured the public interest. The Handbook of Ethical Purchasing is designed to help both ordinary people and industry professionals to understand this new movement, its political background and, most importantly, how to become involved more effectivelyBy looking in turn at sustainable supply chain management by companies, green public procurement by governments, and the ethical choices made by consumers, this book operates as a practical handbook for people across all industries and sectors to become involved in the important changes that need to be made. It provides the key principles, language, and techniques that companies, campaigners, certification schemes, and regulators are beginning to use to address the moral, practical, and political problems that commonly occur in this transition toTable of Contents1. Understanding the Basic Principles 2 Principles for Ordinary Citizens 3. Ethical Purchasing and the Role of Campaigners 4. Ethical Purchasing and the Role of Multinational Companies 5. Principles for Local Authorities and Other Public Bodies 6. Ethical Purchasing and the Role of Governments 7. Principles for Smaller Companies, Charities and Social Enterprises 8. Ethical Labelling Schemes 9. Selling to Ethical Purchasers 10. Theoretical Principles or Why It's Important

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Book SynopsisNow in its fifth edition, this hallmark text provides a comprehensive, article-by-article guide to the workings of the CMR Convention, as incorporated into English Law by the Carriage of Goods by Road Act 1965.Fully revised throughout, the book offers a complete update of relevant English cases, including the latest Supreme Court decision on the subject, and draws in major developments in the interpretation of the Convention in the case law of other Contracting States. Furthermore, this new edition incorporates two key developments to ensure the bookâs continuing currency and authority. Firstly, it reviews the operation of the current law following the UKâs ratification of the Additional Protocol to the Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR) 2008, which provides for the recognition and use of electronic consignment notes, ie e-CMR. Secondly, it addresses the changes consequent on Brexit which affect aspects of the general legal contex

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Book SynopsisManaging Global Supply Chains is a practical and highly readable text with real-life examples and excellent coverage. It is an ideal companion for post-experience business students, learning professionals and anyone interested in supply chain management.Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsAbout the AuthorsPrefacePART 1: INTRODUCTIONChapter One The role of supply chain as a key value driver in global market Chapter Two Why Global Supply Chain Management Chapter ThreeUnderstanding Global Supply Chain Management and its building blocks Chapter FourContemporary Global Challenges in Supply Chain Management PART 2: BUILDING BLOCKS OF GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINChapter FiveCustomer focus and demand Chapter SixResource and capacity management Chapter SevenProcurement , purchasing and supplier focus Chapter EightInventory management Chapter NineOperations management Chapter TenDistribution Management PART 3: NEW DEMANDS AND TRENDSChapter ElevenSupply chain in service sectors and non-profit and charity organisations Chapter TwelveGlobalisation and Supply chain in emerging markets Chapter ThirteenDigital Revolution and E- supply chain Chapter FourteenLean and agile supply chain Chapter FifteenSupply chain in the retail sector Chapter SixteenSustainable Supply Chain Chapter SeventeenSupply Chain for Major Projects Chapter EighteenQuantitative Analysis and Optimisation in Global Supply ChainsChapter NineteenSupply Chain StrategiesChapter TwentyManaging Supply Chain RisksPART 4: INTEGRATING SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENTChapter Twenty oneSystems and Procedures Chapter Twenty twoSales and Operations Planning Chapter Twenty threeGlobal Supply Chain Performance Management Chapter Twenty fourCase Study examples ReferencesAppendicesGlossaryIndex

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Book SynopsisStrategic alliances offer organisations an alternative to organic growth or acquisition when faced with the need to develop the business to a new level, innovate in terms of products or services or significantly reduce costs. The Strategic Alliance Handbook is a clear and complete guide to the nuts and bolts of the process behind successful collaborations. The book enables readers to understand the commercial, technical, strategic, cultural and operational logic behind any alliance and to establish an approach that is appropriate for the type of alliance they are seeking and the partner organisation(s) with whom they are working. Whether you are an alliance executive, responsible for the systems, strategy and performance of your organisation''s alliancing programme or an alliance manager needing to ensure the success of a given partnership, The Strategic Alliance Handbook is an essential guide.Trade Review’The methodology that the author describes in this book matches exactly the processes that an experienced alliance manager would recognise as best practice. By identifying this with his 52 common success factors, the author has described a template that can be used by any alliance manager to build a successful alliance and to diagnose where there are weaknesses in the relationship.’ Jim Whitehurst, Alliance VP, SAP and former UK President of Association of Strategic Alliance Professionals ’At last, the one book which accelerates an Alliance program between companies using a common methodology. Creates an aurora between Alliance partners where each has the desire to work together delivering exceptional joint propositions. This book will be utilised by Canon worldwide.’ Frank Steggall, Striata ’This book takes a comprehensive and critical view of alliance best practices and presents a structured and practical system for both analysis and intervention. Importantly, it has been thoroughly road-tested through Mike Nevin's vast experience of assisting companies to improve their partnering capabilities. A key strength is its applicability across different industry sectors. A must for any serious partnership professional!’ Peter Thurlby, Principal Consultant, Phase7 ’In this book, Mike Nevin, a strategic alliance practitioner with over 25 years’ experience brings together a comprehensive model of common success factors which can be identified as being best practice for strategic alliances. ... The comprehensive explanation of the 52 success factors and their relevance is supported throughout the book via 34 case studies. These case studies demonstrate both best practice in alliance partnerships and provide insightful lessons to be learnt in the development and implementation of a strategic alliance.’ Jeremy Noad, Corporate Strategy and Performance Transformation, The Linde Group 'The ’Strategic Alliance Handbook’ is the most comprehensive examinatiTable of ContentsContents: Foreword; Preface: how it all began. Part I Emerging Alliance Best Practice: Alliance success factors; Common challenges. Part II Alliance Analysis: Benchmarking alliance relationships; Organisational alliance maturity; Alliance optimisation; Creating a new strategic alliance. Part III Common Success Factors: The commercial dimension; The technical dimension; The strategic dimension; The cultural dimension; The operational dimension. Part IV Special Strategic Alliances: Co-opetition: sleeping with the enemy; Insource/outsource/smartsource. Part V Developing Alliance Capability: Partnering with SMEs; Developing alliance programmes; Alliance standards and schemes; The strategic alliance professional; Collaboration: the future. Appendices; Index.

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Book SynopsisThis book looks at food security from a socio-economic perspective. It offers a detailed and systematic examination of food security from its historical backgrounds, concepts and measurements, to the determinants and approaches to achieve food security. The book also introduces the key challenges and root causes of food insecurity. Through country-specific cases, the book highlights instances of both successful and disastrous national food security management and their outcomes. The invaluable learning experiences of these countries shed light on food security practices, and the straightforward demand-supply framework effectively guides readers in understanding food security issues. This is an essential resource for anyone who is keen to learn more about food security, particularly researchers and university students who are new to the field. The book endeavours to help us reflect on the current phenomenon and strategize better for the future. Trade Review"Global Food Security: What Matters? is a timely textbook on a topic that remains of utmost importance. University students and scholars gain tools and knowledge toward an understanding of how food security and food systems are related, with essential country case studies that are truly global in scope." — Dr Shenggen Fan, Director General, IFPRI (International Food Policy Research Institute), Washington, USA"Zhang-Yue Zhou’s Global Food Security: What Matters? is an amazingly complete and comprehensive reference text book on the subject of food security in the world today. It covers every aspect and dimension of the subject from history, concepts and experience to challenges, policy and institutions in an easy-to-understand way. What makes the book outstanding is also the clear conceptual presentation of policy choices and their consequences and impacts, with numerous real-country examples from across the world. I very strongly recommend this book as a complete international text and reference book on food security, as well as the related food policies and economics." — Vasant P. Gandhi, PhD (Stanford), NABARD Chair Professor, Centre for Management in Agriculture, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India"The issue of secure food supply across the world is often presented and explained in parts. The author has done an immense service by tackling the issue of global food security in a whole system, multi-disciplinary way, taking careful note of all the dimensions and influences involved in determining the access to daily food, or lack of it, of people all around the world. Solutions to parts are not solutions to wholes: this multi-dimensional problem of food security can only be understood, explained and solved using the comprehensive perspective presented in this extremely useful work.Global Food Security: What Matters? is a masterly primer with a whole-of-system, global perspective. A comprehensive work providing readers with a useful and useable understanding of the detail and principles – all that matters – about the scientific, economic and institutional factors that determine the current state and future of world food supply and demand. This succinct, well written book leads readers through the meaning, detail, determinants and solutions to problems of the current state of global food security. Readers are introduced, almost by stealth, to understanding the key economic principles at play. The importance of institutions and politics to causing problems of food security, and solving them, is prominent, while detailed carefully chosen case studies make the book an invaluable pedagogical source." — Dr Bill Malcolm, Associate Professor, Department of Agriculture and Food Systems, University of Melbourne, Australia"Food security is a hot topic at public policy debates in many countries due to its importance in national security, agricultural and rural development, general welfare of the population, poverty alleviation, and more. As such, it has stimulated interest across different population groups. This book certainly meets the needs of a large audience, especially that of non-professionals.It provides a comprehensive and quite complete review of the evolution of the concept of food security, a set of widely accepted measurements of food security, a detailed comparative analysis of the status of food security across the globe, as well as major reasons behind the disparity of food security among nations and regions. The contents of the book will help readers understand fundamental information regarding food security, and the book also provides very useful information for those who are interested in further study in the field." — Dr Funing Zhong, Distinguished Professor, College of Economics and Management, Nanjing Agricultural University, China"This textbook appears timely when the COVID-19 Pandemic foreshadows looming global famines of "biblical proportion,"… Zhang-yue Zhou offers the world a comprehensive examination of food security at national and global levels. Presented in a straightforward manner, this book does a great job of explaining the historical backgrounds of food security, key concepts, and measurements, as well as the determinants of, and approaches to achieve, food security…This textbook has many great features that are handy to both students and teachers. Each chapter begins with a summary of key points and ends with sections of review questions, discussion questions, and recommended readings. A few appendices further explain some concepts, such as food system and its difference from food security, demand and supply, price ceiling, and procurement quota. This is a crucial resource for undergraduate students and researchers who are new to the field." ─ Food, Culture & Society, 2 July 2020"it is nevertheless a well-crafted textbook that will allow the diligent reader to understand the fundamentals of food security, the basics of supply and demand, and the rudiments of graphical welfare analysis. This makes it a book worth adding to course lists as either a required or a supplementary text in relation to food security, agricultural development or agricultural economics." ─ R. Quentin Grafton, Australian National University, for Economic Record, 2021“Global Food Security: What Matters? is a timely textbook on a topic that remains of utmost importance. University students and scholars gain tools and knowledge toward an understanding of how food security and food systems are related, with essential country case studies that are truly global in scope.” — Dr Shenggen Fan, Director General, IFPRI (International Food Policy Research Institute), Washington, USA“Zhang-Yue Zhou’s Global Food Security: What Matters? is an amazingly complete and comprehensive reference text book on the subject of food security in the world today. It covers every aspect and dimension of the subject from history, concepts, and experience to challenges, policy, and institutions in an easy-to-understand way. What makes the book outstanding is also the clear conceptual presentation of policy choices and their consequences and impacts, with numerous real-country examples from across the world. I very strongly recommend this book as a complete international text and reference book on food security, as well as the related food policies and economics.” — Vasant P. Gandhi, PhD (Stanford), NABARD Chair Professor, Centre for Management in Agriculture, Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, India“The issue of secure food supply across the world is often presented and explained in parts. The author has done an immense service by tackling the issue of global food security in a whole system, multi-disciplinary way, taking careful note of all the dimensions and influences involved in determining the access to daily food, or lack of it, of people all around the world. Solutions to parts are not solutions to wholes: this multi-dimensional problem of food security can only be understood, explained, and solved using the comprehensive perspective presented in this extremely useful work.Global Food Security: What Matters? is a masterly primer with a whole-of-system, global perspective. A comprehensive work providing readers with a useful and useable understanding of the detail and principles – all that matters – about the scientific, economic, and institutional factors that determine the current state and future of world food supply and demand.This succinct, well-written book leads readers through the meaning, detail, determinants, and solutions to problems of the current state of global food security. Readers are introduced, almost by stealth, to understanding the key economic principles at play. The importance of institutions and politics to causing problems of food security, and solving them, is prominent, while detailed carefully chosen case studies make the book an invaluable pedagogical source.” — Dr Bill Malcolm, Associate Professor, Department of Agriculture and Food Systems, University of Melbourne, Australia“Food security is a hot topic at public policy debates in many countries due to its importance in national security, agricultural and rural development, general welfare of the population, poverty alleviation, and more. As such, it has stimulated interest across different population groups. This book certainly meets the needs of a large audience, especially that of non-professionals.It provides a comprehensive and quite complete review of the evolution of the concept of food security, a set of widely accepted measurements of food security, a detailed comparative analysis of the status of food security across the globe, as well as major reasons behind the disparity of food security among nations and regions. The contents of the book will help readers understand fundamental information regarding food security, and the book also provides very useful information for those who are interested in further study in the field.” — Dr Funing Zhong, Distinguished Professor, College of Economics and Management, Nanjing Agricultural University, China"This textbook appears timely when the COVID-19 Pandemic foreshadows looming global famines of "biblical proportion,"… Zhang-yue Zhou offers the world a comprehensive examination of food security at national and global levels. Presented in a straightforward manner, this book does a great job of explaining the historical backgrounds of food security, key concepts, and measurements, as well as the determinants of, and approaches to achieve, food security…This textbook has many great features that are handy to both students and teachers. Each chapter begins with a summary of key points and ends with sections of review questions, discussion questions, and recommended readings. A few appendices further explain some concepts, such as food system and its difference from food security, demand and supply, price ceiling, and procurement quota. This is a crucial resource for undergraduate students and researchers who are new to the field." ─ Food, Culture & Society, 2 July 2020"it is nevertheless a well-crafted textbook that will allow the diligent reader to understand the fundamentals of food security, the basics of supply and demand, and the rudiments of graphical welfare analysis. This makes it a book worth adding to course lists as either a required or a supplementary text in relation to food security, agricultural development or agricultural economics." ─ R. Quentin Grafton, Australian National University, for Economic Record, 2021Table of ContentsPart 1: Introduction 1. Food security: concept and measurement 2. Global food security: an overview Part 2: Food security: demand side 3. Population and food demand 4. Income and food demand 5. Other determinants of food demand Part 3: Food security: supply side 6. Natural resources and food supply 7. Technological progress and food supply 8. Other determinants of food supply Part 4: Coordinating demand and supply for food security 9. Balancing food demand and supply for food security: approaches used at the national level 10. Coordinating demand and supply for food security: collaboration at the international level Part 5: Quest for food security: country experiences 11. Country cases: low and medium level of food security 12. Country cases: high level of food security 13. Why countries’ food security levels differ Part 6: Achieving food security: what ultimately matters 14. Achieving food security: the importance of institutions

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Book SynopsisThe central concerns of mobilities research exploring the broader context and human aspects of movement - are fundamental to an understanding of the maritime freight transport sector. Challenges to the environment, attempts at more sustainable practices, changes in the geoeconomic system, political power, labour, economic development and governance issues are all among the topics covered in this book. The aim of this volume is to address issues of maritime transport not only in the simple context of movement but within the mobilities paradigm. The goal is to examine negative system effects caused by blockages and inefficiencies, examine delays and wastage of resources, identify negative externalities, explore power relations and identify the winners and losers in the globalised trade system with a particular focus on the maritime network. Maritime Mobilities therefore aims to build a bridge between traditional maritime academic approaches and the mobilities parTable of ContentsINTRODUCTION1. Introduction: applying the mobilities paradigm to the maritime sectorJason Monios and Gordon WilmsmeierGEOGRAPHIC AND INSTITUTIONAL MOBILITIES2. Critical geographies of the ocean: mobilities, placefulness and maritime relationalismBasil Germond and Celine Germond-Duret3. Ports as capitalist spacesJason Monios and Gordon Wilmsmeier4. How people green the portKristianne Hendricks and Peter HallECONOMIC MOBILITIES5. Off shore: the sustainable city and its logistical costsBoris Vormann and Patrick DeDauw6. Costs and benefits of mobility: the case of Chinese seafarersLijun Tang and Gang Chen7. ‘Cruise to the Edge’. How 1970s prog-rock dinos found a safe haven on the cruise shipMarkus Hesse SUSTAINABLE MOBILITIES8. Ballast water and harmful aquatic organism mobilitiesMatej David and Stephan Gollasch 9. Mobilities of waste, value and materials in the shadow of the maritime transport system: a case study of the Pakistani ship breaking industryLars Bomhauer-Beins and Anke StrüverINDUCED AND UNPRODUCTIVE MOBILITIES10. Unproductive mobilities and maritime system capacity Jason Monios and Gordon Wilmsmeier11. Before the "hangover"Gordon Wilmsmeier, Marta Gonzalez-Aregall and Ricardo J. Sánchez12. The economic development effect of a transhipment port: the case of Gioia TauroMario Genco, Emanuela Sirtori and Silvia Vignetti13. The unproductive and induced mobility of empty container repositioning in peripheral regionsJason Monios and Yuhong Wang

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Book SynopsisThe vast majority of international trade is supported by some form of trade financing: a specialized, sometimes complex form of financing that is poorly understood even by bankers and seasoned finance and treasury experts. Financing Trade and International Supply Chains takes the mystery out of trade and supply chain finance, providing a practical, straightforward overview of a discipline that is fundamental to the successful conduct of trade: trade that contributes to the creation of economic value, poverty reduction and international development, while increasing prosperity across the globe. The book suggests that every trade or supply chain finance solution, no matter how elaborate, addresses some combination of four elements: facilitation of secure and timely payment, effective mitigation of risk, provision of financing and liquidity, and facilitation of transactional and financial information flow. The book includes observations on the effective use of traditional mechanisms sucTrade Review’...very informative, full of useful information and a great read for anyone involved in international trade or trade finance, at any level or angle. A remarkable and very contemporary approach to issues that are currently very hot in international commerce.’ Eduardo Klurfan, Chief Representative and Country Head, Cuba, Bank of Nova Scotia, Havana, Cuba ’A very comprehensive description of all relevant aspects all stakeholders in financing trade and international supply chains have certainly waited for.’ Markus Wohlgeschaffen, Managing Director, Global Head of Trade Finance and Services, Global Transaction Banking, Unicredit Bank AG, Munich, Germany ’I wish I had a copy of this publication 29 years ago when I commenced my career as it would have provided both an excellent overview and a more in-depth treatment of the trade finance world...’ Maninder Bhandari, Founder, Partner and Managing Director, The Encore Group and The Derby Group, Dubai, UAE ’Malaket offers an insightful compendium of facts, figures, practices and case studies that show the reader how the world’s trade finance architecture actually works. His portrayal is thematic, and grounded in theory, but he somehow manages to bring that theory to life. He also captures the evolutionary nature of the system - the fact that we are watching a movie, not examining a snapshot, comes through loud and clear. This book will be required reading for beginners and veterans alike.’ Stephen S. Poloz, Governor of the Bank of Canada and past President and CEO of Export Development Canada ’The environment around international trade and trade finance has changed considerably in the years I have known Alexander Malaket. While banks have dedicated departments to meet the many requirements related to trade and supply chain finance, they also need to rely on external specialists, of which Alexander is one of the most knowledgeable representatives. This book is another evidence of his ability to stay onTable of Contents1: International Trade: Where Does Financing Fit In?; 2: The Fundamentals of Trade Finance; 3: Understanding Global Supply Chains; 4: Trade and Supply Chain Finance: The Needs of Buyers and Sellers; 5: Financing Trade: selected Concepts and Traditional Solutions; 6: Financing Trade: Supply Chain Finance; 7: Engaging Effectively with Finance Providers; 8: Financing in Context: Trade Transaction Flow; 9: Export Credit Agencies, International Institutions and Non-Bank Providers; 10: Flexibility of Financing: Small Business, Developing Markets; 11: Financing, Risk and Cost: Realities of International Trade; 12: Trade and Supply Chain Finance: A Case Study; 13: Looking Ahead: Trade and Supply Chain Finance Tomorrow

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Book SynopsisNorman Katz has secured a top spot as one of the Top 50 Global Thought Leaders and Influencers on Supply Chain 2020.Even the largest companies find managing vendors a daunting task. If you get it wrong then you risk inadvertently penalizing potentially valuable suppliers with misguided, overly bureaucratic or costly processes. Worse the burdens placed on the vendors backfires on the customer entity itself as the customer is subjected to the increased operational costs of managing the ramifications of the ill-conceived or poorly implemented requirement through the vendor community, driving up its own operational costs and increasing frustrations for all, straining the customer-vendor relationship. Effective compliance programs balance the requirements with the capabilities of their suppliers, striving to educate instead of just inform. A well-run program should help vendors self-implement and control costs, not force vendors to rely on constant communication aTrade Review"The author validates what I have come to understand about most companies with respect to vendor management policies and practices, i.e. they are broadly substandard. This book offers a hard, candid look at why companies and vendors have not been more proactive about due diligence, and why plug-and-play SCM tools, while often impressive at creating efficiency and reporting capabilities, do not supplant the role of proper ethics, governance and communication in optimizing the vendor management relationship. The author serves as an educator as he defines for us what constitutes vendor management best practices and demonstrates how synergy in the vendor management process flow impacts profitability. CEOs, CFOs, IT auditors, and IT consultancies will gain tremendous insight from the author's observations and recommendations that translate well toward improving vendor management performance for company and vendor." - Andrew J. Tabone, Principal & Managing Consultant, AJT - IT Talent & Vendor Management Advisory Group, LLCTable of ContentsSuccessful Supply Chain Vendor Compliance

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Book SynopsisNow in the new Second Edition, Purchasing for Chefs is a comprehensive yet concise treatment of the purchasing principles that teaches students and chefs the basic principles of how to purchase goods and services in order to run their businesses effectively. It contains sections on Purchasing Technology that explains purchasing lingo beyond the scope of the book as well as illustrating differenttools used in purchasing. This book is written in a unique conversational style that makes purchasing an accessible subject.Table of ContentsPreface. 1 Menu Planning. What Kind of Stuff Should I Sell? 2 Product Quality. What Kind of Stuff Should I Buy? 3 Food Vendors. Who Should I Buy This Stuff From? 4 Purchase Orders. How Much Stuff Should I Buy? 5 Purchase Prices. How Do I Get the Best Deal? 6 Ordering Process. How Do I Actually Buy This Stuff? 7 Inventory Control. How Do I Keep Track of All This Stuff? Resources. Purchasing Terminology. Index.

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Book SynopsisAn interdisciplinary framework for managing sustainable agrifood supply chains Supply Chain Management for Sustainable Food Networks provides an up-to-date and interdisciplinary framework for designing and operating sustainable supply chains for agri-food products.Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors ix Preface xvii Acknowledgments xxiii 1 Sustainable Agrifood Supply Chain Management 1 1.1 Introduction – Agrifood Supply Chain Management 1 1.2 Why Sustainable Agrifood Supply Chain Management 5 1.3 Hierarchy of Decision-Making for AFSCs 10 1.3.1 Strategic Level 10 1.3.2 Tactical and Operational Levels 17 1.4 Emerging Trends and Technologies in Primary Production 21 1.4.1 Alternative Production Systems 21 1.4.2 Innovative Technologies 23 1.5 Conclusions 25 2 Precision Agriculture: Crop Management for Improved Productivity and Reduced Environmental Impact or Improved Sustainability 41 2.1 Introduction 41 2.2 How Precision Agriculture is Applied 43 2.2.1 Data Collection 43 2.2.2 Data Analysis and Management Zone Delineation 51 2.2.3 Variable Rate Application Technology 52 2.2.4 Auto Guidance Systems and Other Applications 56 2.3 Decision Support Systems for the Farmer 57 2.4 Profitability and Adoption of Precision Farming 57 2.5 Precision Agriculture and Sustainability 59 2.6 Conclusions 60 3 Agricultural Waste Biomass 67 3.1 Introduction 67 3.2 Amount of Biomass 68 3.2.1 Global Production of Agricultural Residues 69 3.2.2 China 76 3.2.3 Denmark 81 3.2.4 USA 83 3.3 Biorefinery Processing of Agricultural Waste Products 86 3.3.1 Physiochemical Properties and Organic Composition of Agricultural Waste and Residue 86 3.3.2 Bioenergy Production 87 3.3.3 Bio-based Chemical Production 89 3.4 Environmental and Land Use Issues 90 3.4.1 Manure Management 91 3.4.2 Crop Residues Management 95 3.4.3 Land Use Aspects 96 3.4.4 Whole Chain Management 97 3.5 Conclusion 98 4 Maintaining Momentum: Drivers of Environmental and Economic Performance, and Impediments to Sustainability 107 4.1 Introduction 107 4.2 Literature Review 109 4.3 Hypothesis Development 110 4.3.1 The Link between Stakeholder Demands and Integration of Environmental Activities 110 4.3.2 The Link between Integration and Economic and Environmental Performance 111 4.3.3 The Role of Moderating Factors 112 4.4 Data and Method 114 4.4.1 Sample Description 114 4.4.2 Variable Descriptions 115 4.4.3 Statistical Estimation 117 4.5 Results 117 4.6 Discussion and Conclusions 122 5 A Hierarchical Decision-Making Framework for Quantitative Green Supply Chain Management: A Critical Synthesis of Academic Research Efforts 129 5.1 Introduction 130 5.2 Hierarchy of the Decision]Making Process 131 5.2.1 Strategic GSCM Decisions 131 5.2.2 Tactical GSCM Decisions 138 5.2.3 Operational GSCM Decisions 142 5.3 Critical Synthesis of Academic Research Efforts 146 5.4 Summary and Conclusions 151 6 Safety and Traceability 159 6.1 Introduction 159 6.2 Drivers for Food Traceability 160 6.3 Traceability: Legislations and Standards 163 6.3.1 International Legislation 163 6.3.2 Standards 166 6.4 Design of Traceability Systems 167 6.4.1 Definitions of Traceability Related Concepts 167 6.4.2 Current Technologies for Traceability 169 6.4.3 Performance Optimization 171 6.5 Future Trends 174 6.6 Conclusions 176 7 Information Technology for Food Supply Chains 183 7.1 Introduction 183 7.2 Information Technology Architecture in a Supply Chain Context 184 7.3 RFID-Enabled Supply Chain Management 186 7.4 Carbon Footprint Monitoring in the Supply Chain 191 7.5 Urban Shared Food Logistics 194 7.6 Discussion 199 7.7 Conclusions 200 8 Carbon Footprint Management for Food Supply Chains: an Integrated Decision Support System 205 8.1 Introduction 205 8.2 The Carbon Footprint of Food Supply Chains 207 8.2.1 Background 207 8.2.2 Carbon Footprint of Pre]farm Processes 209 8.2.3 Carbon Footprint of On]farm Processes 209 8.2.4 Carbon Footprint of Post]farm Processes 210 8.2.5 Critical Challenges of CFM 214 8.3 The Supply Chain Environmental Analysis Tools 215 8.3.1 The Need for New Tools 215 8.3.2 Description of Methodological Approach 216 8.4 An Illustrative Case Study 218 8.4.1 Scenario Description 218 8.4.2 Application and Analysis of SCEnAT Tools 220 8.4.3 Implication of SCEnAT Tools in a Wheat Supply Chain 223 8.5 Summary and Conclusions 224 9 Quality Management Schemes and Connections to the Concept of Sustainability in the Food Chain 233 9.1 Introduction 233 9.2 Quality Management Schemes in the Food Supply Chain 234 9.2.1 Food Quality Definitions 234 9.2.2 Quality Management Scheme Concepts 235 9.2.3 Application of Quality Management Schemes to the Supply Chain 238 9.2.4 Beneficiaries of Quality Management Schemes along the Supply Chain 239 9.3 Introducing Sustainability and Sustainable Production 239 9.4 Linking Quality Management Schemes with Sustainability along the Food Chain 242 9.4.1 Primary Production 244 9.4.2 Food Manufacturing 244 9.4.3 Transportation and Food Retailing 248 9.5 Consumers and Quality Management Schemes Addressing Sustainability 249 9.6 Conclusion 251 10 Risk Management for Agri-food Supply Chains 255 10.1 Introduction 255 10.2 Supply Chain Risk Management 259 10.2.1 Improving Security 260 10.2.2 Facing Disruptions 261 10.3 Risk Management in Agri-food Supply Chains 262 10.3.1 Risk Types and Sources 262 10.3.2 Risk Mitigation Strategies 263 10.3.3 Quantitative Tools for Agri-food Supply Chain Risk Management 265 10.4 Case 1: Revenue Management of Perishable Agri-food Products – a Newsvendor-Type Modeling Approach 265 10.4.1 System Description 266 10.4.2 Model Development 267 10.4.3 Numerical Example 270 10.5 Case 2: Emergency Dual Sourcing Contracts – a Simulation-Based Approach 271 10.5.1 System Description 272 10.5.2 Discrete Event Simulation Model 274 10.5.3 Numerical Example 276 10.6 Case 3: Managing Agri-food Supply Chain Disruption Risks – a Game-Theoretic Approach 279 10.6.1 Model and Problem Description 280 10.6.2 Study of Game Interactions 281 10.6.3 Numerical Example 285 10.7 Conclusions 287 11 Regulatory Policies and Trends 293 11.1 Regulations as Tools 293 11.2 Environmental Externalities and Savings as Drivers of Regulations 295 11.3 Diversity as a Driver for Informal Regulations and Trends 297 11.4 Nutrition and Environmental Issues Regulated at the Food Plate Level 298 11.5 Citizens–Consumers Facing Regulations at the Market 299 11.6 Food Production as a Component of a Future Bioeconomy 301 11.7 Future Regionalism Related to Regulation 303 11.8 What is Needed for Regulatory Policy Development 304 Index 307

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Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPreface vi 1 Introduction to Operations and Supply Chain Management 1 S1 Operational Decision-Making Tools: Decision Analysis 31 2 Quality Management 53 3 Statistical Process Control 109 S3 Operational Decision-Making Tools: Acceptance Sampling 155 4 Product Design 165 5 Service Design 199 6 Processes and Technology 235 7 Capacity and Facilities Design 267 S7 Operational Decision-Making Tools: Facility Location Models 307 8 Human Resources 329 S8 Operational Decision-Making Tools: Work Measurement 363 9 Project Management 381 10 Supply Chain Management Strategy and Design 437 11 Global Supply Chain Procurement and Distribution 471 S11 Operational Decision-Making Tools: Transportation and Transshipment Models 499 12 Forecasting 521 13 Inventory Management 585 S13 Operational Decision-Making Tools: Simulation 625 14 Sales and Operations Planning 643 S14 Operational Decision-Making Tools: Linear Programming 683 15 Resource Planning Systems 717 16 Lean Production Systems 759 17 Scheduling 795 Appendix A Normal Curve Areas 833 Index 835

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Book SynopsisGet the most out of your Materials Management implementation with this updated, comprehensive guide to configuration and functionality. You'll learn the ins and outs of Materials Management in SAP, from goods receipt and invoice verification to early warning systems and special procurement types. Dive into master data and other configuration tasks to ensure your MM system is optimized for your logistics needs! Materials Management Functionality: Learn to use MM for essential tasks like requesting quotations, purchase orders, and inventory management and for more advanced tasks like forecasting, using classification systems, and handling special procurement types. Business Scenarios and Examples: Configure settings for critical processes, and explore master data for materials and vendors. Cloud Migration and SAP S/4HANA: Expand your understanding of MM processes with expert advice, real-world examples, and sample business scenarios. Highlights: Materials master dataVendor master dataPurTable of Contents Acknowledgments Preface Materials Management Overview Materials Management as a Part of SAP ERP Materials Management as Part of Logistics Materials Management Integration Summary Materials Management Organizational Structure Client Structure Company Code Plants Storage Locations Warehouse and Storage Types Purchasing Organization Summary Master Data in Materials Management Material Master Vendor Master Purchasing Information Data Batch Management Data Serial Number Data Business Examples: Master Data in Materials Management Summary Material Master Data: Part 1 Industry Sector Material Type Basic Data Classification Data Purchasing Data Forecasting Data Work Scheduling Data Sales Organizational Data Sales General Data Business Examples: Material Master Data Summary Material Master Data: Part 2 Production Resources/Tools (PRT) Data Plant Data/Storage Location Warehouse Management Data Quality Management Data Material Requirements Planning Data Accounting Data Costing Data Business Examples: Material Master Data Summary Vendor Master Data General Data Accounting Information Purchasing Data Business Examples: Vendor Master Data Summary Purchasing Information Data Purchasing General Data Purchasing Organization Data Business Examples: Purchasing Information Data Summary Batch Management Data Batch Management Overview Batch Master Record Batch Determination Batch Information Cockpit Business Examples: Batch Management Data Summary Material Master Record Creating a Material Master Record Changing a Material Master Record Material Master Deletion Loading Material Master Records Production Versions Revision Levels Business Examples: Material Master Record Summary Vendor Master Record Creating the Vendor Master Record Changing the Vendor Master Record Deleting Vendor Master Record Display Vendor Master Record Blocking Vendors One-Time Vendor Vendor Subrange Functionality Business Examples: Vendor Master Summary Purchasing Overview Purchase Requisition Request for Quotation Quotation Purchase Order Source List and Source Determination Conditions in Purchasing Vendor Evaluation Quota Arrangement Business Examples: Purchasing Summary Purchase Requisition Indirectly Created Requisition Directly Created Requisition Processing a Purchase Requisition Business Examples: Purchase Requisitions Summary Request for Quotation Creating a Request for Quotation Changing a Request for Quotation Releasing a Request for Quotation Issuing a Request for Quotation to a Vendor Business Examples: Request for Quotation Summary Quotation Entering a Quotation Comparing Quotations Rejecting Quotations Business Examples: Quotations Summary Purchase Order Create a Purchase Order Maintaining a Purchase Order Blocking and Canceling a Purchase Order Account Assignment in a Purchase Order Outline Purchase Agreement Scheduling Agreement Contracts Vendor Confirmation Messages and Outputs Pricing Procedures Reporting Release Procedures Business Examples: Purchase Orders Summary External Services Management Service Master Record Standard Service Catalog Conditions in External Services Management Procurement of Services Entry of Services Blanket Purchase Order Business Examples: External Services Management Summary Consumption-Based Planning Master Data in Consumption-Based Planning Planning Process Planning Evaluation Procurement Proposal Implementing the Material Requirements Planning Area Business Examples: Consumption-Based Planning Summary Material Requirements Planning Reorder-Point Planning Forecast-Based Planning Time-Phased Planning Business Examples: Material Requirements Planning Summary Forecasting Forecast Models Forecast Parameters Forecast Options Business Examples: Forecasting Summary Inventory Management Overview Goods Movements Goods Issue Goods Receipt Physical Inventory Returns Reservations Stock Transfers Business Examples: Inventory Management Summary Goods Issue Goods Issue to a Production Order Goods Issue to Scrap Goods Issue for Sampling Goods Issue Posting Goods Issue Reversal Business Examples: Goods Issue Summary Goods Receipt Goods Receipt for a Purchase Order Goods Receipt for a Production Order Initial Entry of Inventory Other Goods Receipts Business Examples: Goods Receipts Summary Physical Inventory Physical Inventory Preparation Counting and Recounts Physical Inventory Posting Business Examples: Physical Inventory Summary Invoice Verification Standard Three-Way Match Evaluated Receipt Settlement Document Parking Variances Blocking Invoices Releasing Invoices Business Examples: Invoice Verification Summary Balance Sheet Valuation Last In, First Out Valuation First In, First Out Valuation Lowest Value Determination Business Examples: Balance Sheet Valuation Summary Material Ledger Material Ledger Overview Material Ledger Data Material Price Determination Business Examples: Material Ledger Summary Classification System Classification Overview Characteristics Classes Class Type Class Hierarchies Object Dependencies Finding Objects Using Classification Business Examples: Classification Summary Document Management Document Management Overview Document Information Record Creating a Document Linking an Object to a Document Documents and Classification Summary Early Warning System Overview Early Warning System Setup Schedule an Early Warning System Early Warning System in Action Exception Analysis Business Example: Early Warning System Summary Special Procurement Types Overview Direct Procurement Stock Transfer (Interplant Transfer) Withdrawal from Alternative Plant Subcontracting Consignment Pipeline Material Business Examples: Special Procurement Key Summary Reporting in SAP ERP The Basics of Reporting Purchasing Reports Inventory Management Reports Standard Analyses Batch Information Cockpit Summary Appendices Index

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