The Supply Chain Network @ Internet Speed: Preparing Your Company for the E-Commerce Revolution »

"Fred A. Kuglin (Dallas, TX) is vice president in the Supply Chain Operations practice with Cap Gemini Ernst & Young US LLP.

Barbara A. Rosenbaum (Baltimore, MD) is a director with Cap Gemini Ernst & Young's Global Supply Chain service line."

The power of technology is completely transforming business operations, radically boosting speed, efficiency, and shareholder value. One of the newest and most promising applications of electronic technology is in supply chain management, the distinctly unglamorous but absolutely essential steps that take place between procuring raw materials and shipping final products.

For executives and managers involved in manufacturing supply chains—whether suppliers, manufacturing assemblers, wholesalers/distributors, retailers, or transportation providers—this practical, step-by-step guide explains how to create cost-effective, state-of-the-art fulfillment capabilities.

Packed with relevant examples, each chapter focuses on improving supply chain technology, processes, and people in specific industries, including:

• Retail
• Consumer products
• E-trading communities
• High-tech manufacturing
• Hosted applications
• Automotive
• E-exchanges
• Oil and gas
• Transportation
• E- business front-end
• Health care pharmaceuticals, and more.

Booknews

Overviews advances in supply chain management, and offers step-by-step guidelines for putting e-based solutions to work throughout the supply chain. Takes the perspective of a CEO struggling to overcome challenges introduced by e-commerce, examining challenges across industries including retail, consumer products, high-tech manufacturing, automotive, and pharmaceuticals. Gives examples of the effects of interactive customer web sites, web-based technologies, and transportation exchanges. The authors work in the private sector. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)