Popular guide to the field, and comprehensive text presenting the most crucial tenets and concepts of supply chain management. In the newly updated fifth edition of Essentials of Supply Chain Management, supply chain veteran Michael Hugos delivers a contemporary discussion of supply chain operations. He explains the supply chain issues and pitfalls companies are most likely to face in the modern marketplace and shows how to address them using both traditional and novel strategies. The author describes supply chain innovation strategies based on his real-world experience and case studies and examples that have been proven to work in countries around the world. You’ll learn about: The Supply Chain Operations Reference (SCOR) model, a globally relevant standard diagnostic tool for supply chain management Techniques to improve risk management and resilience across your organization’s entire supply chain New issues in supply chain sustainability, as well as how the latest technologies are enabling real-time operating improvements up and down the supply chain Perfect for logistics and supply chain professionals and students, Essentials of Supply Chain Management will remain a must-read for practitioners, managers, executives, board members, and other business leaders in organizations of all types and sizes.

Aviation networks play a critical role in the success of today’s airlines and airports. This book provides insight on all aspects of modern network strategies and structures, ranging from market research to hub design, operations, organization, alliances, benchmarking, and antitrust issues. Considering both the airline and the airport perspectives, the book explains the economics of connectivity or productivity-driven hub structures through basic mathematics, which helps the reader to comprehend the structural strengths and weaknesses of aviation networks. More than 100 charts help clarify the topics at hand.

This guide takes readers on a whirlwind tour of America's capital city, where they can eavesdrop on the House in session, enjoy the many exhibits of the Smithsonian, and visit the Washington Post newsroom, where Woodward and Bernstein typed their famous stories. Also features information on restaurants, hotels, shops, monuments, and more. Drawings. Maps.