This wide-ranging reader locates supply chain management, lean production and related practice within the holistic concept of total product systems. Demonstrates the strategic relevance of managing supply chains and supply networks to organizational performance and to a range of business functions, including finance, design, production, environmental management, information systems, and marketing. Considers sustainable supply chain management across the service, manufacturing and process sectors. Reflects the radical changes in organizational beliefs, practices and processes that are necessary for a shift to supply chain management in contemporary, global, competitive conditions. Considers particular issues and challenges for micro, small, and medium-sized enterprises. Contains readings that are interdisciplinary and international in focus.

This wide-ranging reader locates supply chain management, leanproduction and related practice within the holistic concept oftotal product systems.* Demonstrates the strategic relevance of managing supply chainsand supply networks to organizational performance and to a range ofbusiness functions, including finance, design, productionenvironmental management, information systems, and marketing.* Considers sustainable supply chain management across theservice, manufacturing and process sectors.* Reflects the radical changes in organizational beliefspractices and processes that are necessary for a shift to supplychain management in contemporary, global, competitiveconditions.* Considers particular issues and challenges for micro, smalland medium-sized enterprises.* Contains readings that are interdisciplinary and internationalin focus.

Introduction.Part I: Theoretical and Conceptual Issues.Introduction.From Supply Chains to Total Production Systems. (Ed Rhodes).Supply Chain Management: Relationships, Chains and Networks.(Christine M. Harland).Globalisation and Unequalisation: What Can Be Learnt from ValueChain Analysis? (Raphael Kaplinsky).Lean Production and the Toyota Production System - Or, theCase of the Forgotten Production Concepts. (Ian Hampson).Lean Production in a Changing Competitive World: A JapanesePerspective. (Hiroshi Katayama and David Bennett).Industrial Relations Implications in US Grocery Distribution.(John Lund and Christopher Wright).Intangibles: The Soft Side of Innovation: Pim den Hertog, RobBilderbeek and Sven Maltha.The Environmental Challenge for Supply-Chain Management.(Quentin Leiper, Paul Riley and Sally Uren).Part II: Interorganizational Relationships.Introduction.Buyer-Supplier Relationships: A Case Study of a Japaneseand Western Alliance. (Shiran Cooray and Janek Ratnatunga).Avoid the Pitfalls in Supplier Development. (Robert B.Handfield, Daniel R. Krause, Thomas V. Scannell and Robert M.Monczka).Japanese Automakers, US Suppliers and Supply Chain Superiority.(Jeffrey K. Liker and Yen-Chun Wu).Innovation and Competition in UK Supermarkets. (MarkHarvey).The 'Similarity' and 'Heterogeneity'Theses in Studying Innovation: Evidence from the End-of-LifeVehicle Case. (Frank Den Hond).Supply Chains and Management Accounting. (A. J. Berry, J. Cullenand W. Seal).Approaches to Child Labour in the Supply Chain. (DianaWinstanley, Joanna Clark and Helena Leeson).Part III: Change Within Organizations.Introduction.Manufacturing Strategy Regained: Evidence for the Demise ofBest-Practice. (Alan Pilkington).A Third-Culture Plant. (J. J. Fucini and S. Fucini).Lean Production: A Study of Application in a TraditionalManufacturing Environment. (L. Bamber and B. G. Dale).Lean Production and Sustainable Competitive Advantage. (MichaelA. Lewis).Supporting Small Businesses in their Transition to LeanProduction. (M. L. Emiliani).Change Processes Towards Lean Production: The Role of theManagement Accounting System: Pär Åhlström andChrister Karlsson.Target Costing as a Strategic Tool. (John K. Shank and JosephFisher).Supply-Chain Management for Recoverable Manufacturing Systems.(V. Daniel R. Guide, Jr, Vaidyanathan Jayaraman, Rajesh Srivastavaand W. C. Benton).Part IV: Issues for SMEs.Introduction.The Secrets of Industry are in the Air or 'On the JungleDrums in the Village': Traded and Untraded Knowledge andExpertise Interdependencies between SMEs. (J. R. Bryson and P. W.Daniel).Global Production and Local Jobs: Can Global Enterprise NetworksBe Used as Levers for Local Development? (Florence Palpacuer andAurelio Parisotto).The Role of an Integrator Organisation in a Virtual SupplyChain. (Frank Cave, Chris West and Alan Matthews).Issues on Partnering: Evidences from Subcontracting inAeronautics. (Fernand Amesse, Liliana Dragoste, Jean Nollet andSilvia Ponce).Implementation of Just-in-Time Methodology in a Small Company.(Surendra M. Gupta and Louis Brennan).Learning from Others: Benchmarking in Diverse TourismEnterprises. (Michele Cano, Siobhan Drummond, Chris Miller andSteven Barclay).E-business and E-supply Strategy in Small and Medium SizedBusinesses (SMEs). (B. A. Wagner, Ian Fillis and U. Johansson).Index.