The Essentials of Supply Chain Management: New Business Concepts and Applications

Index

Numerics

3PL (third-party logistics provider), 325-326

asset-based, 330

market trends, 329, 332-334

non-asset-based, 330

performance metrics, 332-333

4PL (fourth-party logistics provider), 327

15-Day rules, 402

A

ABC (activity-based costing, 16, 273-276

ABC inventory analysis, 131-134

acculturation, 377

acquiring customers, 69

acquisition costs, 273

active RFID tags, 451

adjustable leases, 181

administrative expenses for warehousing, 182

administrative law, 392

advanced forecasting techniques, 103

advantages

of ABC, 276

of overseas distributors, 322

of private warehousing, 178

of public warehousing, 179

affective commitment, 70

agents, 293

agile supply chain strategy, 49-50

AHP (analytic hierarchy process), 286, 433

AI (artificial intelligence), ...