: Information, Sourcing, and Pricing.
Review materials typically group the content into six critical parts: Building a Strategic Framework (Ch. 1-3): Focuses on understanding the supply chain, achieving strategic fit , and identifying performance metrics. Network Design (Ch. 4-6): Supply Chain Management Sunil Chopra 7th Edition Ppt
: Defines a supply chain and introduces the objective of maximizing Supply Chain Surplus (the difference between customer value and total cost). Chapter 2: Achieving Strategic Fit : Information, Sourcing, and Pricing
| | Real Company Use Case | |-----------------------------|----------------------------| | Postponement | Hewlett-Packard printers | | Risk pooling | Amazon’s fulfillment center strategy | | Coordinated product & supply chain design | Dell’s direct model | | Supplier scoring & segmentation | Toyota’s supply chain risk management | achieving strategic fit