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Essentials of Supply Chain Management, 2nd Edition [Paperback]

Michael H. Hugos (Author)
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0471776343 978-0471776345 March 10, 2006 2
Fully revised and expanded, the Second Edition contains valuable tips, techniques, illustrative real-world examples, exhibits, and best practices. This handy and concise paperback will help you stay up to date on the newest thinking, strategies, developments, and technologies in supply chain management.

"Michael Hugos presents the core concepts and techniques of supply chain management in a clear, concise, and easily readable style for those desiring an introduction to the subject or for those wanting to refine their understanding and application of supply chain issues. The case studies and executive insights are very useful in illustrating how to effectively employ supply chains to enable companies to accomplish their business goals."
-Perry J. Gaid, Vice President of Purchasing, OneSource Facility Services, Inc.

"My company is involved in both manufacturing and distribution. Mr. Hugos's book provides a valuable framework of concepts and techniques that people at all levels of the company can use to organize and improve our supply chain management capabilities and tie them to our business strategy."
-Grant Watkinson, Ph.D., President, Coastwide Laboratories, Inc.

Praise for the First Edition

"An excellent introduction into supply chain management . . . a book you should own and loan out to others frequently."
-Supply Management

"In clear and concise prose, this lean book outlines the most crucial tenets and concepts of supply chain management."
-Supply Chain Management Review

The Wiley Essentials Series-because the business world is always changing...and so should you.


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"...an excellent introduction into supply chain management...a book you should own and loan out to others frequently..." (Supply Management, 10 April 2003)

"In clear and concise prose, this lean book outlines the most crucial tenets and concepts of supply chain management." (Supply Chain Management Review, September/October 2003) --This text refers to the Unknown Binding edition.

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Fully revised and expanded, the Second Edition contains valuable tips, techniques, illustrative real-world examples, exhibits, and best practices. This handy and concise paperback will help you stay up to date on the newest thinking, strategies, developments, and technologies in supply chain management.

"Michael Hugos presents the core concepts and techniques of supply chain management in a clear, concise, and easily readable style for those desiring an introduction to the subject or for those wanting to refine their understanding and application of supply chain issues. The case studies and executive insights are very useful in illustrating how to effectively employ supply chains to enable companies to accomplish their business goals."
—Perry J. Gaid, Vice President of Purchasing, OneSource Facility Services, Inc.

"My company is involved in both manufacturing and distribution. Mr. Hugos's book provides a valuable framework of concepts and techniques that people at all levels of the company can use to organize and improve our supply chain management capabilities and tie them to our business strategy."
—Grant Watkinson, Ph.D., President, Coastwide Laboratories, Inc.

Praise for the First Edition

"An excellent introduction into supply chain management . . . a book you should own and loan out to others frequently."
—Supply Management

"In clear and concise prose, this lean book outlines the most crucial tenets and concepts of supply chain management."
—Supply Chain Management Review

The Wiley Essentials Series—because the business world is always changing...and so should you.


Product Details

  • Paperback: 304 pages
  • Publisher: Wiley; 2 edition (March 10, 2006)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0471776343
  • ISBN-13: 978-0471776345
  • Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.7 x 0.8 inches
  • Shipping Weight: 13.6 ounces
  • Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #245,741 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

I'm an author, speaker, award-winning CIO and principal at Center for Systems Innovation [c4si]. I work with clients to find elegant solutions to complex problems, with focus in supply chains, IT and business agility, and new business ventures. Earlier I spent six years as CIO of a national distribution organization where I developed the suite of supply chain and e-business systems that transformed the company's operations and revenue model. For this work I won the CIO 100 Award for resourcefulness, the InformationWeek 500 Award for innovation and the Computerworld Premier 100 Award for career achievement.

Google searches on "business agility", "IT agility" and "agile organization" return articles of mine on the first page. I've spoken at conferences and taught seminars in Africa, Asia, Europe and North America. I write a blog for CIO magazine titled "Doing Business in Real Time" and have authored and co-authored seven books including my popular Essentials of Supply Chain Management, and my newest book - Business in the Cloud: What Every Business Needs to Know about Cloud Computing. I earned my MBA at Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management.

I can be reached via my website - www.MichaelHugos.com



 

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4.0 out of 5 stars Good "Executive Summary", November 2, 2006
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One of the best primers I have read so far on SCM. While not a blue-print on how to implment SCM, it really does provide an excellent overview of the benefits of SCM and the steps a company would take to introduce SCM. One of the best sections of the book introduces new trends within SCM. This section alone made the book a good investment. Recommend it for top management looking to get a good, but basic understanding of SCM
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Great book for entry level Supply Chain, July 25, 2009
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I picked up this book to help with an online course on basic supply chain. It was so easy to read and understand. There are a lot of references to real world businesses and even other books and software solutions. The IT Section was great on talking about real software solutions to handle everything from forecasting to logistics.
As an import specialist this book was great for helping me identify possible improvements for my company to help manage inventory and demand.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Good Overview, September 28, 2007
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This book provides a good overview of the basic principles of supply Chain Managment. After reading the book, I was able to directly apply the principles to solve several problems in supply chains I am dealing with in my supplier development job.

The principles are logically presented and backed up with examples that illustrate their application. I would recommend this book especially for people in Manufacturing or engineering who are trying to understand how to improve performance across a supply chain or how to make their supply chain management process more efficient and effective.

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This book is organized to give you a solid grounding in the "nuts and bolts" of supply chain management. Read the first page
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milk run deliveries, supply chain drivers, national account customers, executive insight, line item fill rate, conceptual system design, supply chain opportunities, bullwhip effect, supply chain capabilities, safety inventory, seasonal inventory, supply chain coordination, supply chain operations, supply chain services, formance targets, order fill rate, delivery scheduling, supply chain performance, end use customer, efficient supply chains, economic lot size, cycle inventory, internal efficiency, return processing
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Charlie Supply, Network Services, New York, Global Registry, Alexander the Great, Cost Avoidance, Exercise Number, Fantastic Company, Global Network, Nimble Company, Sam's Club, Global Data Synchronization Network, Master Sun, Incremental Benefit, North America, Paper Enterprises, Second Edition, Stanford University, Upside Flex, Lover's Beer, On-Time Return, Professor Chopra, Scheduling Facility Mgmt
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