Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Planning, and Operation, Global Edition, 8th edition

Published by Pearson (25 March 2026) © 2027

  • Sunil Chopra
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Title overview

For courses in supply chain management and logistics.

A strategic framework for supply chain decision-making

Supply Chain Management merges concepts and strategies with practical tools for solving supply chain problems. Using a strategic framework, it assesses key drivers of supply chain performance such as inventory and sourcing. Quantitative ideas are presented in spreadsheets to help students apply analytic methodologies.

The 8th Edition includes dozens of new examples and learning objectives, plus two new chapters covering supply chain segmentation, tailoring, resilience and disruption risk. For the first time ever, a MyLab for this title is available, offering a breadth of engaging learning experiences and assessment options.

Table of contents

PART I: BUILDING A STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK TO ANALYZE SUPPLY CHAIN

  1. Understanding the Supply Chain
  2. Achieving Strategic Fit in a Supply Chain
  3. Supply Chain Drivers and Financial Performance

PART II: DESIGNING THE SUPPLY CHAIN NETWORK

  1. Network Design in the Supply Chain
  2. Building and Evaluating Optionality in Global Supply Chain Networks

PART III: PLANNING AND COORDINATING DEMAND AND SUPPLY IN A SUPPLY CHAIN

  1. Demand Forecasting in a Supply Chain
  2. Planning Supply in a Supply Chain: Aggregate Planning
  3. Sales and Operations Planning in a Supply Chain
  4. Coordination in a Supply Chain

PART IV: PLANNING AND MANAGING INVENTORIES IN A SUPPLY CHAIN

  1. Managing Economies of Scale in a Supply Chain: Cycle Inventory
  2. Managing Uncertainty in a Supply Chain: Safety Inventory
  3. Growing Supply Chain Profits Using Product Availability

PART V: DESIGNING AND PLANNING TRANSPORTATION NETWORKS

  1. Transportation in a Supply Chain

PART VI: MANAGING CROSS-FUNCTIONAL DRIVERS IN A SUPPLY CHAIN

  1. Sourcing Decisions in a Supply Chain
  2. Information Technology in a Supply Chain
  3. Pricing and Revenue Management in a Supply Chain
  4. Sustainability and the Supply Chain
  5. Segmentation and Tailoring of Supply Chains
  6. Building Resilience to Disruption in Supply Chains

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