Cover -- Praise for Global Supply Chain Ecosystems -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- About the author -- Publisher's Acknowledgements -- Author's Acknowledgements -- 1 Global supply chain ecosystems -- Introduction -- Supply chain management has become strategic -- What is supply chain? -- Supply chain is the business -- Supply chain in the boardroom -- Supply chain and the CFO -- Supply chain and marketing drive the business -- Supply chain as competitive advantage -- Supply chains have become increasingly complex -- Outsourcing -- Off-shoring -- Elongated, interconnected, multi-layered and interdependent networks -- Complex supply chain ecosystems -- Collaboration -- Back to basics -- Global supply chains for a connected world -- The explosion in world trade -- Carbon footprint considerations -- Shift beyond globalization -- Growth market opportunities -- The world is connected -- Summary -- 2 Supply chain visibility -- An introduction to supply chain visibility - what, why, where and how -- Can we define supply chain visibility? -- Supply chain visibility is about 'connecting the right dots' -- Visibility enables agility -- Collaboration essential to achieve full visibility -- How business leaders view visibility -- Technology - friend or foe? -- Data, information or garbage? -- Big Data -- What do we mean by IT systems in supply chains? -- Supply chain management software for execution and optimization -- Sales and operations planning -- Warehouse management systems (WMS) -- Voice-directed warehousing -- Transportation management system (TMS) -- Mobile computing -- Commitment to integration is essential -- Where next? -- Summary -- Case study: How technology enables supply chain visibility -- 3 Sustainability and green supply chains -- Positive environmental strategies for a sustainable supply chain -- In search of a definition.

Drivers of a green supply chain -- Public opinion - why sustainability matters -- The consumer perspective -- Business perspectives -- Media and community -- Regulations and incentives -- Green shipping -- Practical steps to a green supply chain -- Who can apply green supply chain and logistics programmes? -- Educating staff on environmental awareness -- Industry leadership -- Summary - it makes sense all round to go green -- Case study: Green supply chains depend upon accurate and complete data collection and analysis -- 4 Risk and supply chain resilience -- Risk - building supply chain resilience for competitive advantage -- Evaluating the potential for risks in the supply chain -- Types of risk -- Expect the unexpected -- Pitfalls of variations in culture, standards, regulations and local practices -- Cargo theft, piracy and disruption -- Hacking - the new threat from cyber-criminals -- Prevention vs preparedness -- Features of a resilient supply chain ecosystem -- Visibility -- Collaboration -- Flexibility -- Speed -- Building supply chain resilience -- How top executives view supply chain resilience -- Choose your partners with care -- Protecting your reputation -- Summary -- Case study: Examples of supply chain risks and contingency planning -- 5 Free trade for all - navigating the FTA landscape -- Free trade agreements - economic necessity or political minefield? -- Who's who in free trade? -- International support for FTAs -- A valuable South-east Asia perspective -- What's gone wrong with the WTO's mission? -- The Bali Accord -- The challenge of red tape -- In defence of the WTO -- What now for the WTO and FTAs? -- Local and regional FTAs -- Can trade barriers be justified? -- Tariff engineering, the new supply chain discipline -- Critical factors when considering location -- Labour costs -- Fuel and transport costs.

Suppliers and stakeholders -- Customers -- Summary -- Case study: Best practices in effective customs duty management -- 6 The Asian Era -- The workers have become the shoppers -- The Asian Era is here and now! -- Centre of economic gravity has shifted eastwards -- Consumer market potential -- Logistics challenges -- China at the crossroads? -- New challenges for China supply chains -- Challenges for China's eastern manufacturing zones? -- Moving inland lowers costs, but still plenty of challenges -- Alternative production locations -- The rising stars of ASEAN -- Vietnam -- Indonesia -- The Philippines -- Summary: where next for Asia? -- Case study: Myanmar enters the world of global trade -- 7 The New Silk Road connecting Europe and Asia -- An historic trade route revived for the 21st century -- What the New Silk Road offers to commerce -- Deep-sea ocean freight -- Will economic shifts boost the New Silk Road? -- What this means for supply chain ecosystems across Asia -- Asia-Europe by land transport -- New Silk Road rail hubs -- Multi-Modal Silk Road -- Governmental and organizational investment and support -- Barriers to Silk Road trade -- Summary -- Case study: China's 40 billion Silk Road Fund -- 8 Integrated logistics hubs -- Integrated logistics hubs enable global supply chain ecosystems -- Container ports as transit hubs -- Terminal operator one of many stakeholders in extended port operations -- Integrated logistics hubs - leading examples -- London Gateway -- Lille, France -- Dubai -- Chicago, USA -- Atlanta, USA -- Singapore -- Hong Kong -- Logistics service providers connect the dots -- Summary -- Case study: SME freight forwarders connect integrated logistics hubs via membership networks -- 9 Human capital - the talent pool -- Human capital - the fuel that drives supply chain ecosystems -- Talent shortages in emerging markets.

Human resource challenges and opportunities in developed economies -- Finding and retaining the best staff -- How to attract and retain talent -- Don't poach - attract -- Successful selection supports retention -- Retention -- The gender gap and opportunity -- Why staff move on -- Make training and development pay at all levels -- The changing labour market -- Take stock and assess the impact -- Review and adapt -- Preparing for the millennial generation -- Summary -- Case study: Gender diversity in supply chain and logistics -- 10 Omni-channel supply chains -- The brave new world of omni-channel supply chains -- What drives the e-commerce revolution? -- How big is the e-commerce market? -- What do people buy online? -- Why do people buy online? -- How digital technology empowers consumers -- Old and the new - from traditional retailers to new technology-enabled entrants -- Supply chain impact of omni-channel? -- Warehousing operations -- Last-mile delivery -- Product returns -- Consumers become sellers as well as buyers -- Cross-border transactions -- Summary - what's next for omni-channel? -- Case study: The Amazon phenomenon - internet business or logistics company? -- 11 Africa - is it the next Asia? -- What future for Africa by 2050? -- Abundant labour for low-cost country sourcing -- Employment considerations -- Urban middle class drives rapidly expanding consumer markets -- Rapid technology adoption -- Increasing foreign investment -- Diverse and complex -- Economic freedom -- Ease of doing business -- Logistics developments and the supply chain challenge -- Domestic logistics weaknesses increase supply chain costs -- International maritime gateways -- Accessing the vast interior -- Air freight hub and spoke networks developing -- Nigeria - Africa's largest and most populous economy -- Summary.

Case study: Walvis Bay Corridor set to make Namibia a leading logistics hub -- 12 Supply chain innovation -- Future considerations for global supply chain ecosystems -- Technology developments impacting supply chains -- 3D printing -- Warehouse robotics -- Drone deliveries -- Inland container port developments expand the ecosystem -- Game-changing infrastructure developments could transform trade flows -- Will the Nicaragua Canal change US shipping routes? -- Reducing transit times across South-east Asia -- The North-west Passage -- China to the USA - by rail? -- Summary -- Case study: Innovative port solution for ocean freight supply chains -- References -- Index.