MARTIN CHRISTOPHER This updated fourth edition LOGISTICS & SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT Martin Christopher is Emeritus Professor Effective design and management of supply chain networks can cut costs of Marketing and Logistics at Cranfield School of the bestselling Logistics & LOGISTICS & of Mangement, a leading UK business school. and enhance customer value. The supply chain can be a sustainable source He has written numerous books and articles of advantage in today’s turbulent global marketplace, where demand is Supply Chain Management is and is on the editorial advisory board of several difficult to predict and supply chains need to be more flexible as a result. Until recently he was co- the practical guide to all the key editor of The International Journal of Logistics Management and his latest books have focused In fact, the real competition today is not between companies, but between topics in an integrated approach supply chains.
The winning approach to supply chains is an integrated to supply chains, including: SUPPLY CHAIN upon relationship marketing, logistics and supply perspective that takes account of networks of relationships, sustainability chain management. and product design, as well as the logistics of procurement, distribution, and fulfilment. Logistics & Supply Chain Management examines the tools, He has held appointments as Visiting Professor core processes and initiatives that ensure businesses can gain and maintain • The link between logistics and at universities around the world. Professor competitive advantage.
customer value Christopher is a Fellow of The Chartered MANAGEMENT The fourth edition has been updated and now contains four new chapters covering: Institute of Marketing, The Chartered Institute • Logistics and the bottom line – of Logistics and Transport and The Chartered Institute of Purchasing & Supply. In 1987 he • MANAGING SUPPLY CHAIN RELATIONSHIPS measuring costs and performance was awarded the Sir Robert Lawrence medal • PRODUCT DESIGN IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN of The Chartered Institute of Logistics and • Creating a responsive supply chain Transport for his contribution to the development • MATCHING SUPPLY AND DEMAND of logistics education in Britain. In 2005 he was • CREATING A SUSTAINABLE SUPPLY CHAIN • Managing the global pipeline awarded the Distinguished Service Award of the USA Council for Supply Chain Management • Managing supply chain relationships Professionals. In 2007 he was designated ‘For many years now, Martin Christopher’s book has been my default as Foundation Professor by The Chartered recommendation to anyone seeking to acquire a quick yet comprehensive • Managing risk in the supply chain Institute of Purchasing & Supply.
Martin has also grasp of supply chain issues and management. Whether you are a recent worked as a consultant for major international entrant to the field or a seasoned practitioner looking for inspiration, this • Matching supply and demand MARTIN CHRISTOPHER companies in North America, Europe, the Far book is for you!’ Bjorn Vang Jensen, Vice President, Global Logistics, Electrolux East and Australasia. • Creating a sustainable supply chain ‘You must read this book for his assessment of the challenges that lie www.info • Product design in the supply chain ahead.’ Dr John Gattorna, supply chain ‘thought leader’ and author of Dynamic Supply Chains ‘A powerful book for executives and practitioners. It emphasises the “end-to-end” view of supply chains, focusing on both cost efficiency and value creation.
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ISBN: 978-0-273-73112-2 British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Christopher, Martin. Logistics and supply chain management : creating value-adding networks / Martin Christopher. Business logistics--Cost effectiveness. Delivery of goods--Management.5--dc22 2010033709 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 14 13 12 11 10 Typeset in Swiss Light 9.25 pt/12 pt by 30 Printed and bound in Great Britain by Henry Ling Ltd, Dorchester, Dorset About the author Martin Christopher is Emeritus Professor of Marketing and Logistics at Cranfield School of Management in the United Kingdom.
His work in the field of logistics and supply chain management has gained international recognition. He has pub- lished widely and his books have been translated into many languages. Martin Christopher co-founded the International Journal of Logistics Management and was its joint editor for 18 years. He is a regular contributor to conferences and work- shops around the world.
In addition to working with many companies in an advisory capacity he is also a Visiting Professor at universities in the UK, Australia, Spain and Sweden. Martin Christopher is an Emeritus Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport. He is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply and a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing. He is the recipient of the Distinguished Service Award of the USA Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals.
v Contents About the author v Preface x Publisher's acknowledgements xi 1 Logistics, the supply chain and competitive strategy 1 Supply chain management is a wider concept than logistics 2 Competitive advantage 4 The supply chain becomes the value chain 9 The mission of logistics management 11 The supply chain and competitive performance 13 The changing competitive environment 15 2 Logistics and customer value 27 The marketing and logistics interface 28 Delivering customer value 29 What is customer service? 31 The impact of out-of-stock 33 Customer service and customer retention 34 Market-driven supply chains 38 Defining customer service objectives 42 Setting customer service priorities 46 Setting service standards 50 3 Measuring logistics costs and performance 57 Logistics and the bottom line 58 Logistics and shareholder value 62 Logistics cost analysis 66 The concept of total cost analysis 67 Principles of logistics costing 70 Customer profitability analysis 72 Direct product profitability 78 Cost drivers and activity-based costing 80 4 Matching supply and demand 83 The lead-time gap 83 Improving the visibility of demand 85 The supply chain fulcrum 87 Forecast for capacity, execute against demand 89 Demand management and planning 89 Collaborative planning, forecasting and replenishment 94 vii 5 creating the responsive supply chain 99 Product 'push' versus demand 'pull' 104 The Japanese philosophy 109 The foundations of agility 112 A routemap to responsiveness 116 6 strategic lead-time management 121 Time-based competition 121 Lead-time concepts 125 Logistics pipeline management 129 7 the synchronous supply chain 141 The extended enterprise and the virtual supply chain 142 The role of information in the virtual supply chain 144 Laying the foundations for synchronisation 147 'Quick response' logistics 150 Production strategies for quick response 153 Logistics systems dynamics 154 8 complexity and the supply chain 159 The sources of supply chain complexity 161 The cost of complexity 165 Product design and supply chain complexity 166 Mastering complexity 167 9 Managing the global pipeline 171 The trend towards globalisation in the supply chain 173 Gaining visibility in the global pipeline 178 Organising for global logistics 180 Thinking global, acting local 184 The future of global sourcing 185 10 Managing risk in the supply chain 189 Why are supply chains more vulnerable? 190 Understanding the supply chain risk profile 193 Managing supply chain risk 198 Achieving supply chain resilience 206 11 the era of network competition 211 The new organisational paradigm 212 Collaboration in the supply chain 214 Managing the supply chain as a network 217 Seven major business transformations 218 The implications for tomorrow's logistics managers 220 viii contents Supply chain orchestration 222 From 3PL to 4PL™ 223 12 overcoming the barriers to supply chain integration 227 Creating the logistics vision 228 The problems with conventional organisations 228 Developing the logistics organisation 232 Logistics as the vehicle for change 236 Benchmarking 237 13 creating a sustainable supply chain 241 The triple bottom line 241 Greenhouse gases and the supply chain 243 Reducing the transport-intensity of supply chains 245 Peak oil 247 Beyond the carbon footprint 248 Reduce, reuse, recycle 250 The impact of congestion 252 14 the supply chain of the future 257 Emerging mega-trends 258 Shifting centres of gravity 259 The multi-channel revolution 261 Seeking structural flexibility 264 2020 vision 266 Index 269 contents ix Preface When the first edition of this book was published in 1992, supply chain management as an idea was still in its infancy and relatively few companies had made it a priority. The same was true for logistics management, although its precursor, distribution management, was increasingly being recognised as important both in terms of cost and for its potential impact on sales. In the intervening years from the first to the fourth edition, many things have hap- pened. Firstly, there is now a much greater understanding of the role that supply chain management plays in creating competitive advantage.
Whereas previously the focus was primarily tactical with a concern for optimising costs, now there is much more of a strategic focus with the emphasis on value creation and delivery. The second major change is the recognition that supply chain management is not just an extension of logistics management, but rather that it is about managing relationships across the complex networks that today's supply chains have become. A third significant change over that period is that the business environment has become a lot more volatile and hence less predictable. This transition from a rela- tively stable world to one that is much more turbulent requires supply chains to be capable of changing rapidly to meet changed circumstances.
These changes are reflected in the additional material included in this new edition.