Written in a simple and user-friendly style, this book covers all the basics of supply chain management and production and inventory control. Featuring case studies and power-point slides that are now available for all chapters, this book has been updated throughout to reflect new techniques and technology.
Pearson New International Edition - Seventh Edition
For all courses in Materials Management, Production, Inventory Control, and Logistics taught in business and industrial technology departments of community colleges, four-year colleges, and universities. Introduction to Materials Management, Seventh Edition covers all the essentials of modern supply chain management, manufacturing planning and control systems, purchasing, and physical distribution. Clearly written and exceptionally user-friendly, its content, examples, questions, and problems lead students step-by-step to mastery. This edition's extensive updates include: new techniques, technology, and case studies; reorganized and expanded coverage of lean production and JIT manufacturing; new information on sustainability and green production; use of INCOTERMS for global supply chains; revised end-of-chapter problems, and more.