As the supply chain is the major arena for competition in modern business, and at each stage in the industrial life cycle it is necessary to adjust the management of the supply chain to remain competitive, there is a growing demand for authoritative research to clarify the supply chain structure and evolution through the industrial life cycle. ""Life Cycle Management in Supply Chains: Identifying Innovations Through the Case of the VCR"" presents comprehensive, in-depth coverage of the intimate connection between the industry life cycle and supply chain management, utilizing the case of the industrial life cycle of the VCR to provide practitioners and researchers with key insight into the supply chain as the basic business unit for competition, and the requisite alteration of the management of the supply chain at each stage of the life cycle.

Although most supply chains have changed dramatically over the years, the dynamic aspects of supply chains, such as changes in the suppliers, factory and storage locations, production processes, and distribution structures, are rarely studied and considered. Further study on the evolution of supply chains is crucial in order to ensure they are working as efficiently as possible. Frameworks and Cases on Evolutional Supply Chain considers the dynamic aspects of the supply chain and provides frameworks of the evolutional supply chain through symbolic case studies. Covering a range of topics such as industrial clusters, food loss, and the global supply chain, this reference work is ideal for industry professionals, researchers, practitioners, scholars, academicians, policymakers, business owners, government officials, instructors, and students.

Although most supply chains have changed dramatically over the years, the dynamic aspects of supply chains, such as changes in the suppliers, factory and storage locations, production processes, and distribution structures, are rarely studied and considered. Further study on the evolution of supply chains is crucial in order to ensure they are working as efficiently as possible. Frameworks and Cases on Evolutional Supply Chain considers the dynamic aspects of the supply chain and provides frameworks of the evolutional supply chain through symbolic case studies. Covering a range of topics such as industrial clusters, food loss, and the global supply chain, this reference work is ideal for industry professionals, researchers, practitioners, scholars, academicians, policymakers, business owners, government officials, instructors, and students.