The rapid growth in computer technology provides supply chain managers with valuable tools to better coordinate and control their operations. This book seeks to describe systems available to give supply chains information system support, demonstrating key tasks with demonstrated analytic techniques. This second edition provides you with newer cases to demonstrate concepts that will allow to better manage your supply chain management position in one of the fastest growing fields in our economy.
Author Biography
David L. Olson is the James & H.K. Stuart Professor in MIS and Chancellor's Professor at the University of Nebraska. He has published research in over 150 refereed journal articles, primarily on the topic of multiple objective decision making, information technology, supply chain risk management, and data mining. He teaches in the management information systems, management science, and operations management areas. He has authored 18 books; is associate editor of Service Business, Decision Support Systems, and Decision Sciences; and is the co-editor in chief of International Journal of Services Sciences. He has given over 200 presentations at international and national conferences on research topics. He was a Lowry Mays endowed Professor at Texas A&M University from 1999 to 2001, was named the Raymond E. Miles Distinguished Scholar award for 2002, and was a James C. and Rhonda Seacrest Fellow from 2005 to 2006.
