Frictionless markets : the 21st century supply chain /: the 21st century supply chain. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jack Buffington.
• Authors: Buffington, Jack
• Contents: Dedication; Contents; Chapter 1: Friction = Jobs; The Problem of Technological Unemployment; "18 Computers" and "Bullshit Jobs"; The Friction Paradox and 'the Two Big Os'; Frictionless Markets ... Terrifying Concept?; What This Book Is About; Bibliography; Chapter 2: An End to (Twentieth Century) Growth?; Germs and Bugs; Oil: The Superlubricant; The Elementary Particle of Business; Twentieth Century Lottery Tickets, Labor and Standards of Living; The Party's Over ... the End of Big Os; Bibliography; Chapter 3: Nature's Approach to Design; God, Nature, and Supercomputers. Nature Beyond the Metaphor The Software of Life; Man's Limitations in Product Design; An End to (Human Centric) Design; Material Genome and Generative Customization; Bibliography; Chapter 4: Frictionless (Good) Materials; The Revenge of Malthus; The Twentieth Century of Synthetic Stuff; Good and Bad Materials; Future (Good) Materials; Bibliography; Chapter 5: The Future of Manufacturing: An End to Mass Production; Brain Center at Whipple's; Manufacturing Greatness: The U.S. Story; The Curse of Deindustrialization; Should Manufacturing Matter?; An End to Mass Production? The Transition Stage from Mass Production The Future of Manufacturing; 2025: What Is Your Strategy?; Bibliography; Chapter 6: Frictionless Markets: No Supply Chain Required; The Balance of Nature and Supply Chain Myth; The History of the Supply Chain; The Apocalpyse: The Obliteration of the Supply Chain; The Future: Emergence of Frictionless Markets; Bibliography; Chapter 7: 2030: Frictionless Markets; 2030: The New Market Structure; 2030: 3D Mart; 2030: Printed Food and Drink Markets; 2030: Virtual Service Mart; 2030: University of P2P and Meeting Plexes. 2030: Virtual Physical Communities (and Vice Versa)Bibliography; Chapter 8: Economic Possibilities for My (Not Keynes') Grandchildren; Introduction; Reason #1: The Prosumer: Self-organizer of Supply and Demand; Reason #2: Multiplier Effect Between Economy and Environment; Reason #3: Small P Centric Economy, Not Big O Structures; Reason #4: Global Market Balance Through Glocal; Reason #5: Technology as an Enabler of Peer to Peer Emergence (Small P), Not Planned Activity (Big O); Conclusion; Bibliography.
• Publisher Details: Cham, Switzerland : Springer
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 658.5; 658.7; Environment; Business logistics; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industrial Management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management Science; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Organizational Behavior; Business logistics; Environment; Sustainable Development; Operations Management; Popular Science in Nature and Environment; Business & Economics -- Production & Operations Management; Nature -- General; Management of specific areas; Popular science; Sustainable development; Production management; Life sciences; Science -- Environmental Science; Sustainability; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319195360; 3319195360
• Related ISBNs: 9783319195353; 3319195352
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