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O'Brien Jonathan: The Buyer's Toolkit

The Buyer's Toolkit

An Easy-to-Use Approach for Effective Buying

Routledge Focus on Economics and Finance

Global supply chains, long seen as engines of efficiency and economic integration, have been increasingly disrupted by recent crises, including the COVID-19 pandemic, armed conflicts, and shifts in trade and industrial policy. These developments have raised costs, increased uncertainty, and reduced the predictability of cross-border production and exchange. Firms operating in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE) face particularly strong pressures as overlapping geopolitical forces reshape production networks, market access, and strategic choices.This book examines how firms build and sustain supply chain resilience (SCRES) under persistent geopolitical uncertainty. It maps how research on SCRES has evolved and provides detailed empirical evidence on how firms in the CEE region respond to geopolitical risk. Focusing on practical adjustment mechanisms such as supplier diversification, nearshoring, inventory buffering, and route reconfiguration, this book analyses how firms adapt supply chains in environments shaped by sanctions, trade disputes, and regulatory fragmentation.Using qualitative case studies and causal modelling, the analysis shows that resilience does not result from isolated decisions or single best practices. Instead, it emerges from the interaction of multiple strategic choices made over time. By combining insights from dynamic capabilities, institutional economics, and systems thinking, this book conceptualises SCRES as an economic outcome shaped by firms' responses to changing costs, governance constraints, and information conditions under geopolitical pressure.The book is intended for researchers and graduate students in supply chain management, economics, international business, and related fields, as well as for policymakers and practitioners concerned with geopolitical risk, industrial adjustment, and resilience in global production networks.

Evidence from Central and Eastern Europe

Resilient Global Supply Chains and Geopolitical Risk

Routledge Studies in Management, Organizations and Society

Sustainable Innovation in Africa: Prospects, Challenges and Trends provides a timely and in-depth examination of how innovation is reshaping African sustainability. As African economies navigate rapid urbanisation, climate change, technological disruption and socio-economic transformation, this book explores the ways in which sustainability-oriented innovation can serve as a strategic pathway toward inclusive growth and reliance over a long period of time and stewardship of the environment.The volume presents a multidisciplinary perspective by integrating insights from management, economics, technology, governance and environmental studies. It assesses the prospective sustainable innovation within Africa's special cultural, institutional and economic context, while critically engaging with the structural and policy-related challenges that continue to mold innovation outcomes. Key themes include green business models, responsible governance, human capital development, digital transformation and the role of emerging technologies in driving sustainability. As a result of conceptual analysis, case studies and empirical evidence mainly grounded in African contexts, the volume highlights how organizations and industries are responding to sustainability imperatives. The authors give special attention to banking, urban development, banking and services, showing the way in which innovation can be leveraged to address environmental challenges, improve efficiency and enhance social value creation. The volume explores emerging changes influencing sustainable innovation in Africa, including artificial intelligence, digitalisation, smart cities, green supply chains and board-level diversity.By linking theory with practice, it offers actionable insights for decision-makers seeking to integrate sustainability, strategy and operations. Crafted for policymakers, scholars, business leaders, development practitioners and postgraduate students, the book contributes to the developing discourses on Africa's sustainable future and provides a forward-looking framework for harnessing innovation as a driver of transformative change.

Prospects, Challenges and Trends

Sustainable Innovation in Africa

Concepts, Applications and Implications

Agentic AI for Procurement

Key Issues in Marketing Management

This book provides contemporary perspectives on marketing management with regards to drinking behaviour, drinking spaces and places, brewing, product development and inclusion. Globally, approximately one in three people (32.5%) drink alcohol equating to roughly 2.4 billion people. Behind this consumption, there are a range of brewers, distillers and winemakers who produce alcohol and suppliers and retailers of various types who bring the product to the consumer. Marketing management, advertising, communications and consumer behaviours play a role in the brewing, distribution and drinking of alcohol across different contexts.The chapters in this volume examine patterns of drinking, followed by an assessment of the role and style of drinking in different contexts, both commercial (the pub, bar, off licence) and personal (the home). The role of collaborative marketing practices is highlighted as well as the important role of product development especially related to no and low-alcohol products and increased moderation of drinking. The book also covers the area of inclusion, in terms of gender within the beer scene. Finally, the book offers a perspective from brewers and publicans and their contemporary struggles and hopes for the future.This comprehensive resource is designed for students, professionals, practitioners and researchers in consumer behavior, marketing management, consumer psychology, hospitality and tourism studies, business strategy and social sciences.The chapters in this book were originally published as a special issue of Journal of Marketing Management.

Perspectives on Drinking, Manufacture and Drinking Spaces and Places

Der Einkauf ist Treiber von Innovation, Wertschöpfung und Wettbewerbsfähigkeit. Dieses Buch bietet ein praxisbewährtes Kompetenzmodell für alle Rollen im Einkauf – vom Einsteiger bis zur Führungskraft. Mit klar strukturierten Inhalten, ausführlichen Erläuterungen und englischsprachigen Infografiken unterstützt es global agierende Teams dabei, operative und strategische Fähigkeiten gezielt auszubauen. Ob als Lernbegleiter oder Nachschlagewerk: Das Buch vermittelt hilfreiche Werkzeuge, schließt Wissenslücken und integriert die Themen Schritt für Schritt.

Der Einkauf ist Treiber von Innovation, Wertschöpfung und Wettbewerbsfähigkeit. Dieses Buch bietet ein praxisbewährtes Kompetenzmodell für alle Rollen im Einkauf – vom Einsteiger bis zur Führungskraft. Mit klar strukturierten Inhalten, ausführlichen Erläuterungen und englischsprachigen Infografiken unterstützt es global agierende Teams dabei, operative und strategische Fähigkeiten gezielt auszubauen. Ob als Lernbegleiter oder Nachschlagewerk: Das Buch vermittelt hilfreiche Werkzeuge, schließt Wissenslücken und integriert die Themen Schritt für Schritt.

Komplexe Zusammenhänge anschaulich visualisiert, verständlich erklärt und sofort nutzbar

Praxiswissen globaler Einkauf

Mobility Revolution captures the sweeping transformation redefining how people and goods move. Drawing on decades of experience across Paris, Detroit, and Silicon Valley, Marc Amblard unpacks the forces driving this historic shift, namely the push for clean mobility, volatile regulations, ambitious startups, geopolitics, and the global power shift toward China. He dissects the central role played by technology as electrification, autonomous driving, artificial intelligence, the software defined vehicle, and new modes reshape the entire ecosystem.Blending insightful technology perspectives with rigorous strategic analyses, this book explores the new products and services, innovative business models and collaborations, and complex supply chains, that will determine the next era in automotive and mobility. Organized around key domains - clean mobility, autonomy, digital transformation, and changing mobility paradigms - the book offers professionals and policymakers a panoramic yet practical view of where mobility is headed.Mobility Revolution is essential reading for anyone seeking to understand and anticipate the future of transportation.

How AI, EVs, Robotaxis, and New Modes Radically Transform the Ecosystem

Mobility Revolution

Routledge Advances in Production and Operations Management

This book explores the automation of warehouse processes and the human-machine relationship, focusing on the impact of technology on the dehumanization of work. While modern warehouses rely heavily on advanced technologies, human labor remains essential, requiring interaction and collaboration with machines. The book examines how automation affects not only individual employees-their health, well-being, and daily experiences-but also broader social and organizational conditions.Through systematic analysis, the author identifies and classifies factors that contribute to the dehumanization of work in automated warehouses. Existing theories are verified, and literature on logistics, warehousing technologies, automation, humanization of work, and related challenges is reviewed. The author highlights the tension between efficiency improvements and the human costs of automation, emphasizing the importance of mitigating dehumanization in modern enterprises. By analysing the evolving roles and responsibilities of employees in automated environments, the book provides insights into designing work processes that foster synergy between human labour and technology rather than replacing workers entirely.Written in accessible yet academic language, the book is a valuable resource for researchers, academics, and practitioners in fields such as logistics, supply chain management, industrial engineering and labour studies and those interested in the intersection of technology, labour, and human well-being.

Warehouse Automation and the Dehumanization of Labour

In a context of heightened global disruption, accelerating digital transformation, and increasing sustainability imperatives, the fifth edition of Operations Management for Business Excellence, provides a contemporary and analytically grounded framework for understanding how operations and supply chain management contribute to long-term organisational performance.The text integrates foundational principles of operations and supply chain management with recent developments in automation, artificial intelligence, robotics, connected systems, and real-time analytics. It examines how these technologies are reshaping operational decision-making, blurring traditional boundaries between planning and execution, and raising new questions concerning governance, ethics, and the role of human judgement in technology-enabled systems. Each chapter combines conceptual clarity with applied examples, linking operations strategy to practical challenges such as warehouse design in the era of Industry 5.0, omnichannel logistics, returns management, and supply network resilience. A consistent five-pillar strategic framework - adaptability, customer-driven innovation, continuous competitive recalibration, proactive risk management, and workforce empowerment - provides a structured lens through which advanced supply chain concepts are analysed.Written for undergraduate and postgraduate students, executives, and practitioners, the book balances analytical rigour with accessibility. It encourages critical evaluation of how organisations can design effective, resilient, and responsible operations, positioning operations management as a discipline that integrates people, technology, and sustainability to create enduring value.

Building Sustainable Supply Chains

Operations Management for Business Excellence

Learn how to navigate the complex landscape of humanitarian logistics and effectively manage humanitarian supply networks in times of crisis with this leading guide.

Tools and Strategies for Navigating Disasters and Complex Emergencies

Humanitarian Logistics

Strengthen business resilience and make informed decisions across complex third-party and supply chain ecosystems.

Risk Management for Third Parties and Supply Chains gives senior leaders proven tools for governing risk, improving oversight and safeguarding operational continuity in a volatile global environment. With shifting regulations, geopolitical shocks and rising dependency on external partners, this book shows how to build a strategic, enterprise-wide approach that delivers measurable results.

Written by risk experts James Crask and Catherine Cyphus, the book examines the root causes of today's supply chain crisis and reveals how ineffective third-party management undermines performance, cost control and long-term stability. Through strategic models and real-world examples, it outlines how to establish governance structures, controls and decision frameworks that elevate resilience to an enterprise priority.

You'll learn how to:
- Apply proven tools for assessing, prioritizing and mitigating third-party and supply chain risks
- Engage senior stakeholders and align risk initiatives with financial and strategic outcomes
- Balance cost efficiency with resilience to support informed leadership decisions
- Implement roadmaps, toolkits and deep-dive assessments to deliver repeatable results

With clear guidance on systems, controls and leadership engagement, this book equips executives to deliver a resilient third-party and supply chain risk management strategy that protects value across the organization.

Themes include: third-party risk, supply chain risk, supply chain resilience, governance models, enterprise risk, data-led decision making, operational continuity

An Enterprise-wide Approach to Resilience

Risk Management for Third Parties and Supply Chains

From Click to Sustainable Delivery

E-Commerce Logistics

Explore how digital technologies are transforming sustainable supply chain performance. Supply Chain Technologies by Kamran Mahroof, Uthayasankar Sivarajah and Emilia Vann Yaroson is a structured and application-focused textbook for upper-level undergraduate and postgraduate students on Supply Chain Management courses. It supports modules in digital supply chain transformation, technology management and sustainable operations, providing a clear framework for understanding how emerging technologies reshape global supply networks. Explore how organizations respond to disruption, integrate digital tools and measure technological impact using appropriate performance metrics. The text develops both strategic and analytical understanding, enabling learners to evaluate innovation, resilience and long-term sustainability. Drawing on real-world examples from Patagonia, Walmart and Amazon, this book explores how digital innovation drives efficiency, transparency and responsible growth across sectors. By connecting theory with operational practice, the textbook equips students to critically assess technology investments and design adaptable, future-ready supply chains. This textbook includes: - Clear chapter learning objectives aligned to course outcomes - Integrated frameworks linking technology adoption to supply chain strategy - Analytical tools for evaluating performance, risk and resilience &gt;With its balanced integration of sustainability, digital innovation and strategic implementation, Supply Chain Technologies prepares students to lead technological transformation within complex global supply networks.

Creating Sustainable Value Through Innovation and Digital Transformation

Supply Chain Technologies

The Buyer's Toolkit

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