Published August 2012 this book explores the main fraud risks in Supply Chains, their significance and how they are exploited by the fraudster.

Detecting and Reducing Supply Chain Fraud

By Norman A. Katz

For most large organizations, the supply chain is a commercial advantage, enabling innovation, cost management and resilience. But the supply chain is open to fraud: the length and complexity of it creates opportunities for fraudsters to exploit phantom inventory, invent non-existent customers or suppliers, substitute one product for another, cheat on the quality…this list goes on.

If you are responsible for your organization’s supply chain, or perhaps involved in audit, compliance or risk management, start using Detecting and Reducing Supply Chain Fraud and look more closely at every aspect of your supply chain, both internal and external.

The full contents, preface and introduction for this book can be downloaded at www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9781409407324

Usually £65 but Warehouse and Logistics News readers will receive a 20% discount if they order online quoting code: G12GVW20 – discount valid until 31st December 2012.

This is a book by acknowledged Supply Chain ‘thought leader’ and much sought after speaker on the international conference circuit – John Gattorna.

Dynamic Supply Chain Alignment

A New Business Model for Peak Performance in Enterprise Supply Chains Across All Geographies

By John Gattorna and Friends

Just like the world financial system, but for different reasons, 21st-century corporations need a new business model for their enterprise supply chains. The old conventions no longer work in this new world of volatile and increasingly unpredictable demand and supply. This is now a world of dynamic supply chain alignment where, increasingly, supply chains are the business.

In the follow-up to his hugely successful Strategic Supply Chain Alignment, John Gattorna’s Dynamic Supply Chain Alignment, explores how to create and sustain multiple supply chains with a level of flexibility and responsiveness that allow you to respond to opportunities and threats; at the same time aligning with your suppliers, your partners and your customers.

When more executives get to this stage of development the profits will flow more readily, and sustainability of performance will not be the same issue it is today. The way forward is right there in front of us; but, says John Gattorna, we must throw off old ways and embrace the new…

The full contents, preface, and chapter one for this book can be downloaded at www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780566088223

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This book integrates the Just-in-Time concept with business logistics to achieve cost and service advantages.

Just-in-Time Logistics

By Kee-hung Lai and T.C.E. Cheng

The enduring repercussions of the Asian financial crisis in 1997, the worsening global economy following the burst of the dotcom bubbles in 2001, the financial tsunami in 2008, and the incessant rise in customer demand for better services have all contributed to shrinking profit margins for businesses around the world. To cope with these challenges, firms are discovering logistics as a competitive weapon when looking for ways to strengthen and preserve their market positions.

Just-in-Time Logistics extends the JIT concept in manufacturing to business logistics, an area that has been observed to account for more than 30 per cent of sales revenue for some firms. It gives you an overview and an introduction of JIT logistics, and provides managerial insights on how to achieve improved logistics performance in terms of cost and service enhancements.

The full contents, preface and introduction for this book can be downloaded at www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780566089008

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This book will help you design and drive successful contracts.

The Contract Scorecard

Successful Outsourcing by Design

By Sara Cullen

An upfront investment in your contracts, from a commercial rather than legal perspective is probably the single most influential activity you can undertake; one that will ensure your outsourcing relationships have clear business goals as the focus of the deal. Reading a copy of Sara Cullen’s The Contract Scorecard should be the first step in that investment.

The foreword and introduction for this book can be downloaded at www.gowerpublishing.com/isbn/9780566087936

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