Designing and Managing the Supply Chain: Concepts, Strategies, and Cases w/CD-ROM Package [Hardcover]

David Simchi-Levi (Author), Philip Kaminsky (Author), Edith Simchi-Levi (Author), Edith Simchi-Levi (Author), Philip Kaminsky (Author), David Simchi-Levi (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 0072357568 | ISBN-13: 978-0072357561 | Publication Date: August 20, 1999 | Edition: Book plus CD-Rom

Critical issues include everything from the basics of inventory management, logistics network design, and distribution systems, to advanced issues-strategic alliances, decisions support systems, and international concerns.

Editorial Reviews

Review

A Book for Students Everywhere Very few books on supply chain management succeed as both an instructional vehicle for the student and a hands-on resource for the practitioner. Designing and Managing the Supply Chain is the happy exception. This collaboration between academia and the industry bridges that gap between the pedantic and the pragmatic. Each chapter presents a case study up front, replete with problems and challenges, then discusses the technology and decision-support tools that can be applied to the case example. By the end of the chapter, the students can address the issues raised in the cases effectively. That technique is repeated for a number of critical supply chain topics- logistics network design, inventory management, strategic alliances, international logistics, and the often overlooked supply chain/product design connection, to name a few. Especially valuable for readers without a strong technical background is the discussion on supply chain information technology and decision-support systems. -- Supply Chain Management Review, March/April 2000

Each chapter begins with a real-world case-study, then presents various technological-solutions...this book is essential for professionals and students alike. -- Business 2.0 December 2001

The book is an important contribution and major milestone for the supply chain community. It is the first book that covers a comprehensive breadth of supply chain topics in depth and addresses the major challenges in this area. -- Hau Lee, Stanford University

The book was awarded:
1) The IIE Joint Publishers Book of the Year
2) The Outstanding IIE Publication Award -- Institute of Industrial Engineers, Year 2000 awards

Winner of the Outstanding First Edition of the Year Award given in 2000 by McGraw-Hill/Irwin -- McGraw-Hill/Irwin

From the Publisher

Many companies are involved in the analysis of their supply chains. Most textbooks do not include models and decision support systems robust enough for industry. Designing and Managing the Supply Chain: Concepts, Strategies, and Cases discuss these problems, models and concepts at that appropriate level. While many core supply chain management issues are interrelated, the authors have tried, when possible, to make each chapter as self contained as possible, so that the reader can refer directly to chapters covering topics of interest. Each chapter utilizes case studies and numerous examples. Mathematical and technical sections can be skipped without loss of continuity. The book also contains two software packages, the Computerized Beer Game and the Risk Pool Game, which help illustrate many of the concepts discussed.

See all Editorial Reviews

Product Details

• Hardcover: 321 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin; Book plus CD-Rom edition (August 20, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0072357568
• ISBN-13: 978-0072357561
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.4 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #552,494 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

55 of 56 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is an interesting, clear, useful and insightful book., November 17, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Designing and Managing the Supply Chain: Concepts, Strategies, and Cases w/CD-ROM Package (Hardcover)

As a first-time university instructor in this subject (Business Logistics/Supply Chain Management), I found the book and accompanying software, overhead transparencies and other materials to be very "user-friendly". There are very few wasted words or unnecessary details and facts in the book. Instead, the insights gained from research have been presented with clarity and simplicity, easily understandable even to the non-specialist, and enhanced by interesting and relevant examples and case studies. It is an excellent book for both academics and practitioners.

60 of 62 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Probably the best!, November 15, 2000

By 

Thomas Rafferty (Queensland, Australia) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Designing and Managing the Supply Chain: Concepts, Strategies, and Cases w/CD-ROM Package (Hardcover)

I am and have been consulting in supply chain and logistics management for four years; worked in hands-on rolls for 15 years in Europe, the US and Australia and I also lecture at the University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, Australia.

In the past 12 months I have acquired about 14 books on the subject. This book is probably the best. It takes a no nonsense approach to the significant issues facing logistics professionals, as the preface says, the book is written to serve M.B.A, B.S. and M.S. students and as a reference for consultants, professionals and teachers. It manages all this admirably and contains excellent cases and a couple of supply "games" that are an excellent resource.

Given the target market, the quantitative material is more than adequate - practioners want solutions that work, for the most part, there not terribly interested in "the mechanics" of the math, just the answer. With the powerful hardware and software available today, readers don't have to understand the "mechanics", just the inputs and what to do the outcomes. This book will give them just that.

I commend this book to any practioner, consultant, teacher or student.

22 of 23 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good but not great for quantitative, August 31, 2000

By 

Sarawoot Chittratanawat - See all my reviews

This review is from: Designing and Managing the Supply Chain: Concepts, Strategies, and Cases w/CD-ROM Package (Hardcover)

When I first look at the description of this book, I thought this book would come with more math models than any other SCM books. Once I have it, the models that they show in the book is not surprisingly new to me. The authors might want to use the traditional method to solve the complex SCM problem. So if you're looking for quantitative SCM book, please skip this book. In contrast, I found many cases in this book is quite useful. Moreover, this book is very well organized, i.e., start with case and develop basic idea to lead readers more understanding. One of the best books in SCM