includes bibliography and index

"Supply chain management : an imperative for business excellence -- introduction, business challenges, India's competitiveness: growth and business, India's economic and infrastructure scenario, motivation for writing this book, organization of the book -- Supply chain : basics and beyond -- introduction, supply chain management: the need, understanding the supply chain, supply chain processes and interfaces, key issues in SCM, research objectives and methodology -- Supply chain practices -- introduction, supply chain design process, forecasting and demand management, supplier management, inventory management, manufacturing management, order fulfillment, warehousing and distribution management, logistics management, outsourcing -- e-Supply chain management -- introduction, e-supply chain, e-supply chain in India, current IT solutions and applications in India, implementation of IT solutions, e-procurement and electronic reverse auction -- Supply chain performance measurement -- introduction, supply chain performance measure, supply chain implementation and benefits -- Supply chain: sectoral studies -- introduction, FMCG sector, automobile sector -- Supply chain: global practices -- introduction, supply chain in practice, global practices, supply chain strategy, supply chain integration, inventory management, outsourcing -- Supply chain architecture -- introduction, strategy, processes, resources, alignment of strategy, alignment of processes, alignment of resources -- Supply chain of the future -- introduction, emerging supply chain trends and opportunities, positioning Indian supply chain status, looking ahead -- Appendix 1 : Questionnaire used for the survey -- Appendix 2 : List of responding organizations."