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Introduction to Supply Chain Management, published by Business Expert Press in February 2013, is a ten-chapter book written by Edmund Prater, Professor of Operations and Logistics and the University of Texas at Arlington. Developed for students of supply chain management, executives seeking a primer, and practitioners, the text offers an overview of SCM and provides a framework for subsequent, more detailed study. The book reviews the evolution of SCM concepts and discusses trends in global markets and strategic competitiveness. It focuses on the major issues involved in managing a competitive supply chain including forecasting, inventory management, distribution, dealing with uncertainty, reverse logistics, and customer service. Chapter 9 expands on the topic of uncertainty, touched upon in prior chapters. The chapter describes certain sources of uncertainty and provides strategies for solving these problems. The impact of uncertainty on the supply chain and the differences between demand side and supply side uncertainty are explained. The bullwhip effect, a significant contributor to supply chain uncertainty introduced in Chapter 4, is further explored. Various strategies to consider for managing supply chain management uncertainty are presented, as are mini-case examples demonstrating best practices when confronting uncertainty.

• Inventory management
• Supply chain management
• Profitability
• Product distribution
• IT management
• Economic forecasting
• Logistics