Have you ever asked yourself - "What do we do now that our supply chain has moved into the global arena?" Globalization has stretched supply chains and thus has introduced a variety of problems not present in purely domestic supply chains. Along with serious issues of security, many firms simply treat global supply chains as if they were a simple extension of the domestic model. This has caused unexpected problems including a general backlash against outsourcing, hidden costs, quality problems, and the difficulty of managing supply chains on a global basis.Help has arrived. This unique book traces the history of globalization and its impact on supply-chain management while also taking a detailed look at the problems and some of the solutions facing global supply chains today.

Author Biography

James A. Pope holds a PhD in business administration from the University of North Carolina and degrees in economics from Northwestern University and the College of Wooster in Ohio. Dr. Pope has over 45 years in both the academic and professional sides of supply-chain management, and has done consulting and writing in a variety of operations areas, including inventory management, logistics, scheduling, quality, and supply-chain management. Dr. Pope is currently a guest professor at the Baden-Wurtemburg Cooperative State University in Mosbach, Germany.