Supply Chain Network Design: How to Create Resilient, Agile and Sustainable Supply Chains
Supply Chain Network Design shows how to design intelligent, agile supply chain networks in the age of geopolitical disruptions, fast-paced technological innovation and drive for more sustainable business. It outlines how to incorporate international relations and a global perspective into supply chain planning and actions and how to embed ESG and circular economy goals. It surveys the rapidly evolving technology landscape and how it impacts some companies and provides a competitive advantage to others. It also explores how to harness technologies such as robotic process automation, AI and machine-driven intelligence and the evolution of forecasting to demand sensing to enhance network design.
“Professor Vyas has shown remarkable thought leadership across multiple supply chain domains. His insights into global supply chain management, including micro and macro trends, have significantly enriched the industry’s understanding. His relentless passion for increasing value chain resilience and agility, equipping the next generation of supply chain professionals, and advocating for sustainability has significantly impacted the industry. In their book, Nick Vyas, Das Gupta, and Greys Sošić present key examples of how to re-imagine forward-thinking supply chains and emphasize why fostering resilience and agility are pivotal in overcoming challenges faced by industry leaders today and in the future.”
-Markus Mau, President, European Logistics Association
Blockchain and the Supply Chain
Concepts, Strategies and Practical Applications
Nick Vyas | Aljosja Beije | Bhaskar Krishnamachari
About the book
Blockchain is a transformative driver for change in all industries. Learn from the latest research and case studies how this technology can and will be used to revolutionize supply chain management.
“What I like most about the book is that it weaves you into an exciting and enticing journey through the foundations and strategies of supply chain management, blockchain concepts and technologies, and even incorporating the SCOR model. The use cases in supply chain are really helpfully illustrative and capture global examples from all over the world. It is most up-to-date and helps us navigate supply chain management strategic issues while taking advantage of the transformative effects of blockchain technologies. I think it is a must-read for any forward-looking supply chain professional. Very nicely done!”
Omar A. El Sawy, Kenneth King Stonier Chair in Business Administration and Professor of Information Systems, USC Marshall School of Business
Enterprise Excellence
A Modern Approach to Organizational Change and Leadership using Blended Quality Management
Nick Vyas
About the book
Enterprise Excellence: A Modern Approach to Organizational Change and Leadership using Blended Quality Management prepares students to utilize strategic thinking and Lean Six Sigma (LSS) practices and techniques to improve operations and reduce inefficiencies. Using Six Sigma’s DMAIC—define, measure, analyze, improve, control—process, students apply concepts and tools by leading and participating in an actual LSS project.
The book is organized so that it walks students, practitioners, and leaders through each step of the LSS DMAIC process through interactive, hands-on modules.
As a visionary practitioner, Nick Vyas has always been ahead of the curve in anticipating new changes in supply chain strategy. Now as a leading academic and thought leader, he brings clarity to the complexity of blockchain implementation. This book represents a breakthrough in the understanding of an exciting new stage in distribution disruption.
Patrick Burnson, Executive Editor, Supply Chain Management Review, US
Blockchain and the Supply Chain
Concepts, Strategies and Practical Applications
Nick Vyas | Aljosja Beije | Bhaskar Krishnamachari
About the book
Blockchain can transform companies when successfully integrated into existing supply chain ecosystems and practices. The key benefits include dispute resolution, foolproof track and trace, event management, operational as well as financial transparency, speed to market, visibility, elimination of heavy reliance on intermediary, integration of IoT technology, machine learning, and artificial intelligence. Blockchain and the Supply Chain highlights how to use blockchain as an enabler and key driver for solutions in the end-to-end supply chain.
Blockchain and the Supply Chain examines the business case for blockchain, including increased efficiency of transactions. It also covers the broader set of technologies relevant to supply chains, such as IoT, Big Data and Cyber Security basics and the capabilities they offer. The team of authors look at the evolution of the network, systems and finance, as well as basics of blockchain such as peer-to-peer transactions, consensus-based algorithms and smart contracts. The book includes cases which highlight the opportunities within the different nodes of systems, sales and operations planning and provide practical examples from specific supply chains, such as the movement of temperature-controlled goods, dry goods and precious commodities, as well as general cargo flow.
As blockchain continues to evolve from concept to application, its promise and potential value to the supply chain merits serious discussion. Blockchain and the Supply Chain offers a compelling look at this emerging topic in the backdrop of the global supply chain. The authors illustrate how blockchain could be leveraged to solve some of the supply chain’s enduring challenges, as it transitions from tool to solution. This is the book for anyone interested in connecting blockchain to the supply chain.
Noel Hacegaba, Deputy Executive Director, Port of Long Beach
Engaging, focused and useful, Blockchain and the Supply Chain is an articulate and highly readable synthesis of current thinking on blockchain and its practical applications in the supply chain industry. This should be recommended reading for all leaders and industry professionals in logistics and supply chain.
Sarabjeet Chugh, Senior Director of Products, Oracle Blockchain, US