Supply Chain Fundamentals and Advanced Technologies is a comprehensive academic textbook that presents supply chain management from foundational principles through advanced digital and robotic technologies. The book begins with the definition, evolution, importance and key flows of supply chains and progresses through strategy, procurement, demand forecasting, inventory management, logistics, warehousing, transportation, network design and performance measurement. It also examines digital supply chain technologies including ERP, WMS, TMS, RFID, blockchain, artificial intelligence and machine learning.

The later chapters extend the subject into green and sustainable supply chains, global supply chain management, risk and resilience, strategic competitiveness and an extensive treatment of robotics. The robotics section covers robotic systems, warehouse automation, autonomous mobile robots, robotic process automation, collaborative robots, AI and machine-learning-enabled robotics, IoT, sensors, cybersecurity, drone logistics, human-robot collaboration, safety, Industry 5.0 and implementation frameworks.

The textbook combines theoretical concepts, quantitative methods, review questions, practical frameworks and industry case studies. Case studies involving Amazon, Unilever, Apple, Zara, Dell, Walmart and other organizations demonstrate how supply-chain principles are implemented in real-world environments.