GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAINS IN A GLOCAL WORLD

Growing global trade flows and integration has led to continuous and accelerating changes to our global supply chains over the past decades. Recent macroeconomic events, new technological developments, and most notably Covid-19, are envisioned to push global supply chains in further transforming and adapting. How will companies look into issues of resilience, security, and digitalisation in their supply chains and operations?

Global Supply Chains in a Glocal World aims to answer these mission-critical questions via a series of articles contributed by academics and senior management covering different industry sectors such as healthcare, food, e-commerce, textiles, mobility, and FMCG, as well as geographical, risk management, and technological perspectives. Proffering varied views of what has happened during the Covid years and what it means for the future, this book provides academics and practitioners a valuable resource when they navigate their next steps in an increasingly turbulent world.

Contents:

• The Changing Global Supply Chain Landscape:
  • Global Value Chain Evolution: Implications for the World
  • The Role of Vietnam in Global Supply Chains
  • Warehouses for E-commerce — An Expanding Infrastructure Requirement
  • Food Security in the light of Covid-19
  • Post-Coronavirus Supply Chain Management in FMCG Industry
  • Impact of Covid-19 on Supply Chain Sustainability in the Cosmetic Industry
• Dealing with Covid-19 During the Pandemic:
  • Nursing Homes and the Covid-19 Healthcare Supply Chain
  • Pharmaceutical Manufacturing and Vaccine Logistics in India
  • Evaluating Different Measures for Social Distancing with Simulation
  • Logistics Management for Emergency Resource Planning during Covid-19
• The Use of Digitalisation and Technology on Supply Chains During the Pandemic:
  • Key Lessons from Using 3D Printing in the Fight against Covid-19
  • Creating a Resilient Fashion Value Chain
  • Towards a Digital Healthcare Model in a Pandemic World
  • Shared Micromobility — Before and After Covid-19
  • Covid-19: Rapid Digitalisation and Transformed Ways of Working in the Face of a Pandemic

Readership: Business School / MBA students. Entrepreneurs and senior management of MNCs, SMEs and startups across all industries. Might also be of interest to the general reader keen to understand how Covid-19 has changed industries and their global supply chains.

Key Features:

• One of the few books in the world on global supply chains that features senior management perspectives from MNCs, SMEs and startups
• Looks at how global supply chains will evolve in the next decade, covering a wide array of industries, with special focus on how Covid-19 plays a part in this evolution