This book, the fourth edition of Supply Chain Management: A Learning Perspective, was revised to appeal to a wider readership besides students taking SCM courses. Global supply chain managers and researchers in the fields of SCM and operations strategy would find it a useful reference. Rather than discuss the technical issues of SCM, the book focuses on the strategic perspectives and approaches of SCM. Students learn to identify SCM issues from the top management's perspective. The book also presents real-world managerial problems and incorporates case studies for connecting theories with practices. By exploring the fundamental issues of SCM, managers acquire a new learning perspective that enables them to solve problems in a more sustainable and innovative manner rather than use short-term, ad hoc solutions. Finally, it distils various theoretical concepts to allow researchers to observe real SCM issues in a managerial context which allows for practical, meaningful and impactful research to be carried out.

Bowon Kim is an Operations Strategy and Management Science professor at KAIST College of Business in Seoul, Korea. He earned a Doctor of Business Administration (Technology and Operations Management) from Harvard University (1995), a Master of Science in Operations Research from Stanford University (1989), and a Bachelor of Business Administration from Seoul National University (1988). He joined the KAIST faculty in 1996. His research interests include supply chain management, new product innovation, and value chain sustainability. He has published papers in academic journals like the Journal of Operations Management, Production and Operations Management, Omega, R&D Management, European Journal of Operational Research, International Journal of Production Research, International Journal of Production Economics, International Journal of Project Management, and Long Range Planning. His book ‘Supply Chain Management’ was published by John Wiley & Sons in 2005, and its third edition, titled ‘Supply Chain Management: A Learning Perspective’ was published by Cambridge University Press in 2018. He is currently exploring how to integrate ‘systems thinking’ and ‘design thinking’ for effective problem-solving in organizations and society. Bowon Kim became a CFA in 2013.