CHUCK MUNSON (Pullman, WA) is tenured Full Professor of Operations Management (OM) at Washington State University, where he has served as Associate Dean for Graduate Programs in Business. He is senior editor for Production and Operations Management , and on the editorial review boards at three other journals . He was Founding Board Member of the WSU President's Teaching Academy; has won the WSU College of Business Outstanding Service, Research, and Teaching Awards; and was twice honored as WSU MBA Professor of the Year. His research interests include SCM, inventory theory, quantity discounts, and international OM. He holds a Ph.D. and MSBA in OM from Washington University in St. Louis.

Cases will address every functional aspect of the supply chain management including procurement, supply chain design, warehousing and logistics, transportation, supplier management, distribution management, supply chain strategy, inventory control, information technology, pricing, forecasting, demand management, supply chain risk, and supply chain coordination.

While several supply chain management texts contain a small group of case studies, there has been no single reference solely devoted to a set of supply chain management cases for professors and their students. This contributed casebook fills the gap, offering faculty and students an extensive set of concise and focused cases covering a broad range of modern SCM practices. Drawing on his extensive network of practitioners, Chuck Munson presents more than 20 cases, each with more content, data, and background than cases typically presented in textbooks. Munson's cases address every functional aspect of supply chain management, including:

Procurement
Supply chain design
Warehousing and logistics
Transportation
Supplier management
Distribution management
Supply chain strategy
Inventory control
Information technology
Pricing
Forecasting
Demand management
Supply chain risk
Supply chain coordination

This text's qualitative cases are supported by relevant discussion questions and sample responses; its quantitative cases are supported by completed numerical solutions, and, where applicable, associated spreadsheets.