Supply Chain Visibility: From Theory to Practice

Contents: Preface Part 1 Supply Chain Visibility in Theory: The history and definition of supply chain visibility A novel framework: definition, prerequisites, and scorecarding. Part 2 Supply Chain Visibility in Practice: Popular types of visibility Options for acquiring visibility technology Buy or rent: software vendors for supply chain visibility Build it yourself... in-house visibility software Borrowing supply chain visibility Important technological trends Conclusion Appendixes Works cited Index.