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Handbook of Supply Chain Management, Second Edition (Resource Management)

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There are a lot of books out there that say they can supply you with the "Know-how" of supply chain management, but the Handbook of Supply Chain Management truly describes the supply chain as a "System". It views all critical material as elements, which are efficient in building an essential strong company. This handbook lays a foundation for others to follow.

This manual is a valuable reference, which helps the reader to grasp an understanding of supply chain strategies using a how-to guide. The instructive chapters walk you through all the important aspects of successful management. Contains actual studies, which can be viewed as educational tools and how to apply them to achieve the best possible results.

Overall, I highly recommend this book and I have already applied it in the optimization of our processes.

Christopher Kutyla
Manager, Technical Operations Planning

My company is a contract manufacturer operating at multiple sites internationally producing consumer products for many different Customers. As a supply chain improvement team leader I found the Handbook extremely useful as a comprehensive resource for the latest techniques in supply chain management, particularly, the sections on strategy and how to use supply chains to improve a competitive position. This is a great book and I would highly recommend it to anyone undertaking a similar effort.

Executives who want to improve their supply chains from strategic, operational or profitability standpoints will find this Handbook to be an extremely valuable reference, coach and how-to guide. The mix of Supply Chain Management theory and practice combined with 15 case studies from various industries, gives the reader a robust framework for, and solid tips on executing a SCM improvement strategy.

As an executive with supply chain experience at Dell and in the global automotive industry, I was impressed with the comprehensive nature of this book. Especially insightful and helpful are the sections on designing supply chains for strategic advantage, the importance and impact of different financial costing methods, and a methodologies section which walks the reader through the supply chain improvement process from the prestudy/assessment phase through to implementation.

Overall, if a supply chain practitioner is looking for one book on Supply Chain Mangement, this is the one.

I thought the book was very comprehensive in covering the most important aspects of supply chain management. It has some interesting real-life cases to illustrate the concepts. However, depending on your background, I would recommend "Designing and Managing the Supply Chain: Concepts, Strategies, and Cases"... It gives some much needed quantitative analysis of SCM. If you are new to the field, these two books should give a head start...

Very impressed with the easy read, on-point examples, and full coverage of this leading-edge issue for front runners (and wannabes) in any industry to read and follow. Highly recommend Jim Ayers book for anyone at any level of experience in supply chain management. (Submitted by individual in THE leading supply chain management practicing company in the USA.)

Executives who want to improve their supply chains from strategic, operational or profitability standpoints will find this Handbook to be an extremely valuable reference, coach and how-to guide. The mix of Supply Chain Management theory and practice combined with 15 case studies from various industries, gives the reader a robust framework for, and solid tips on executing a SCM improvement strategy.

As an executive with supply chain experience at Dell and in the global automotive industry, I was impressed with the comprehensive nature of this book. Especially insightful and helpful are the sections on designing supply chains for strategic advantage, the importance and impact of different financial costing methods, and a methodologies section which walks the reader through the supply chain improvement process from the prestudy/assessment phase through to implementation.

Overall, if a supply chain practitioner is looking for one book on Supply Chain Management, this is the one.

I thought that this book was full of new things, technichs, methods, I don`t know, something else, but for supply chain management the best book ever is STRATEGIC LOGISTIC MANAGEMENT FROM JAMES STOCK AND DOUGLAS LAMBERT MCGRAW HILL

hi dad. loved the book. it was very interesting and informative. keep up the good work!