Product Description
by William T. Walker (Author)
Covering the practical issues of a highly integrated network woven together by corporate relationships and enabled by information technology, this book addresses the many segments key to a smooth and profitable supply chain including sourcing, warehousing, and transportation. Emphasizing flexibility and strength, it promotes optimal ways to withstand product evolution, contingencies, divisions, and disasters without dips in profitability. A strong network design not only insures growth in all logistical divisions, but the future of the company as a whole. Cases and checklists are provided.
Author Biography
William T. Walker, CFPIM, CIRM, CSCP retired as Director of Supply Chain at StarTrak Information Technologies, LLC after 40+ years practitioner experience in engineering, materials, purchasing, operations, and supply chain architecture with Hewlett-Packard, Agilent Technologies and Siemens Building Technology. Bill wrote the book Supply Chain Architecture: A Blueprint for Networking the Flow of Material, Information and Cash. He now teaches supply chain engineering at NYU Tandon School of Engineering. Bill is an APICS Fellow holding lifetime certifications, a past APICS E&R Foundation President, and a past APICS Society VP of Education. His BSEE and MSIE degrees are from Lehigh University.
