Understanding Supply Chains

Steve New is a Lecturer in the Saïd Business School, Oxford University, and a Fellow of Hertford College. He was previously a lecturer at the Manchester School of Management, UMIST. He has won the Fellowship of the Operations Management Association (UK) 1993-4 for work in Purchasing and Supply.; Roy Westbrook is a Lecturer in the Saïd Business School, Oxford University, and a Fellow of St Hugh's College. He spent nine years in the Civil Service before becoming a specialist research officer and consultant, and later working at the London School of Economics. He has published widely and acts as a consultant to major corporations.

• Preface ; 1. Supply Chain Paradigms ; 2. Supply Chains: A Marketing Perspective ; 3. Supply Chains: A Network Perspective ; 4. Supply Chains: Construction and Legitimation ; 5. Supply Chain Dynamics ; 6. Supply Chain Complexity ; 7. Supply Chain Leanring ; 8. Supply Chain Transparency ; 9. Supply Chain Relationships ; 10. The Green Supply Chain ; 11. The Ethical Supply Chain ; 12. Postcript: Supply Chain Futures