Supply Chains in Action

Section - ONE: Supply chain process design; Chapter - 01: Efficient integration of shipping into intra-regional supply chains [Anastasia Christodoulou, Zeeshan Raza, John Woxenius]; Chapter - 02: Overcrowding in a hospital emergency department - A supply chain management referral pathway to reduce overcrowding [Ingrid Hunt, Noreen Spillane]; Chapter - 03: X company's OTD (On-Time Delivery) performance improvement - The application of lean six-sigma methodology [Gendao Li, Alireza Shokri, Kyrill Nussbaum]; Chapter - 04: Developing best-practice in operational workforce planning [Peter Hilton]; Section - TWO: Supply chain network and infrastructure design; Chapter - 05: Why procurement should want to pay for performance - A case study of how buyer and sellers aligned to create the most profit for both [Todd C Snelgrove]; Chapter - 06: Closing the cycle from tree to product, x company's sustainability journey [Gendao Li, Alireza Shokri, Jie Ma]; Chapter - 07: Environmentally responsible packaging in global supply chains [Henrik Pålsson]; Chapter - 08: Freight transport, storage and distribution organisations to be able to identify customer requirements [Graham Heron, Erica Ballentine]; Section - THREE: Supply chain information system design; Chapter - 09: Protecting supply chains from counterfeit products [Mark Manning, Daniel Stanton]; Chapter - 10: The same but different; a comparative analysis of common reverse logistics and closed loop supply chain issues in the UK multiple retail sector [Graham Heron, Erica Ballentine]; Chapter - 11: Supply chain disruption [Steve O'Sullivan]; Chapter - 12: Defence support chain performance dashboard development [Alan Woods]