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1 online resource (xix, 335 pages) : illustrations |
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data file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Ch. 1. Current trends in international operations / Migel Mari Egaña, Bart Kamp, and Ander Errasti -- ch. 2. GlobOpe framework / Sandra Martínez, Miguel Mediavilla, and Ander Errasti -- ch. 3. Operations strategy and deployment / Kepa Mendibil [and others] -- ch. 4. New production facilities location and make/buy-local/global configuration alternatives / Migel Mari Egaña, Donatella Corti, and Ander Errasti -- ch. 5. Multisite network configuration and improvement / Miguel Mediavilla and Torbjr?n Netland -- ch. 6. Factory and facility material flow and equipment design / Sandra Martínez and Ander Errasti -- ch. 7. Planning/scheduling integrated system and shop floor management / Jose Alberto Eguren [and others] -- ch. 8. Supplier network design and sourcing / Ander Errasti -- ch. 9. The ramp-up process / Sandra Martínez -- ch. 10. Distribution planning and warehousing material flow and equipment design / Claudia Chackelson and Ander Errasti -- ch. 11. Human resource management / Donatella Corti -- ch. 12. GlobOpe framework / Ander Errasti. |
| Summary |
The phenomenon of globalization has increased in recent decades due to the opening of borders in Eastern Europe and the sudden emergence of other countries in the global trade economy. Yet, the process of becoming global to get access to growing markets or to achieve quality, service, and/or cost advantages from the reconfigured Value Chains is one of the most complex processes that companies undertake. Global Production Networks: Operations Design and Management addresses the challenges that companies face and proposes a range of innovative methodological approaches when designing and impleme. |
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International business enterprises -- Management.
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Business logistics.
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Globalization.
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Entreprises multinationales -- Gestion. |
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Logistique (Organisation) |
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Mondialisation. |
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globalism. |
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Business logistics |
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Globalization |
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International business enterprises -- Management |
| Added Author |
Errasti, Ander.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Errasti, Ander. Global production networks. 2nd ed. Boca Raton : Taylor & Francis, 2013 9781466562929 (DLC) 2012029705 (OCoLC)792875382 |
| ISBN |
9781466562943 (electronic bk.) |
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1466562943 (electronic bk.) |
| Standard No. |
10.1201/b13753 doi |
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