NITL is delighted to announce that the initial print run of Supply Chain Innovation for Competing in Highly Dynamic Markets: Challenges and Solutions is now in the publisher’s warehouse and orders are being filled. The book is edited by Edward Sweeney of NITL, along with Prof. Alan McKinnon of Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, Dr. Pietro Evangelista of IRAT/CNR and the University of Naples “Federico II” and Prof. Emilio Esposito of the University of Naples “Federico II”. It brings together contributions from many leading international SCM thought leaders including Prof. Richard Lamming , Dr. John Gattorna, Prof. Michael Browne (current Chairman of the LRN) and Prof. Alessandro Ancarani (current President of IPSREA). The global nature of contemporary supply chains is reflected by contributions from colleagues in Ireland, the UK, Italy, Switzerland, Sweden, Iceland, the Netherlands, France, Singapore, Thailand, Qatar, the US and Australia.

Four main areas of innovation have been identified given their role in the overall SCM philosophy. Firstly, supply chain integration (SCI) has long been regarded as the central tenet of SCM thinking. Any meaningful attempt at innovating supply chains must, therefore, have a strong focus on this area. Part I of this book identifies challenges and possible solutions in this area. Recent years have seen rapid developments in supply chain technology based in particular on information and communications technology (ICT). There is little doubt that these tools have the potential to generate significant supply chain improvement if implemented in an integrated and strategic manner. Innovation in the application of these emerging technologies is the key to ensuring that this potential is realised in practice. This is the focus of Part II of this book. The contribution of logistics and supply chain activities to environmental degradation has highlighted the need for more sustainable approaches to the design and management of supply chain operations. Legal, market and financial considerations have brought this issue to the fore in recent years. Part III of this book explores innovation in the context of the environmental sustainability, identifying a range of challenges and proposing a number of possible solutions to these challenges. Finally, all supply chains comprise a large number of discrete organisational entities each of which plays a specific role in the value creation process. Effective SCM relies heavily of the ability of firms to properly manage their suppliers in a proactive and strategic manner. Innovation in this complex supply system provides the focus of Part IV of this book.

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