Supply Chain Management. Prentice Hall

1.Arnold, J., Chapman, S. and Clive, L. (2012) Introduction to Materials Management, Prentice Hall
2.Blanchard, D. (2007) Supply Chain Management; Best Practices Wiley
3.Christopher, M. (2011) Logistics and Supply Chain Management: Creating Value – Adding Networks Prentice Hall
4.Croker, B., Jessop, D. And Morrison, A. (2012) Inbound Logistics Management. Financial Times
5.Harrison, A., Van Heok, R. (2011) logistics Management and Strategy. Competing along the Supply Chain. Financial Times.
6.Harvard Business School Press. (2006) Harvard Business Review on Supply Chain Management. Harvard Business School Press
7.Hugos, M. (2006) Essentials of Supply Chain Management. Wiley
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Journals
The International Journal of Retail and Distribution Management
The Journal of Supply Chain Management
Supply-Chain Management – An International Journal
International Journal of Value Chain Management
Business Age
The Economist
Long Range Planning

Here are the topics to choose :

In all cases you may use examples of your choice to illustrate your points, but your chosen example must not dominate your essay. You must use a good range of quality

sources (a minimum of five) such as academic writings and authoritative periodicals. Please avoid generic web sites and articles where you cannot identify the author.

1. Analyse and discuss the differences in the retail environment that may justify the fact that the supply chain for fast-moving consumer goods has more distributors