Manufacturing Planning and Control for Supply Chain Management [Hardcover]

Thomas Vollmann (Author), William Berry (Author), David Clay Whybark (Author), F. Robert Jacobs (Author)

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ISBN-10: 0072299908 | ISBN-13: 978-0072299908 | Publication Date: February 5, 2004 | Edition: 5

Vollman, Berry, Whybark and Jacobs', Manufacturing Planning & Control Systems, 5/e provides comprehensive real world based coverage of the concepts, tools, and methods used to manage and control manufacturing systems. This major revision contains four entirely new chapters and four thoroughly upgraded to nearly original content. ERP system coverage and the impact of them in the field is covered now in a new introductory chapter (4) as well as being integrated heavily into many other chapters from Sales and Operations Planning (3) to Advanced Scheduling Systems (16). Manufacturing Planning & Control Systems, 5/e continues to be organized in a flexible format, with the basic coverage in chapters 1-12 followed by advanced chapters that could be covered along with the basics, or skipped. Each chapter provides a managerial issues overview, then the detailed technical presentation, then examples of company implementations, then concluding principles.

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• Hardcover: 936 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin; 5 edition (February 5, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0072299908
• ISBN-13: 978-0072299908
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.2 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #440,283 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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24 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A classic field handbook for manufacturing professionals, August 2, 2000

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Robert A. Giacobbe (Atlanta, GA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Manufacturing Planning and Control Systems (Hardcover)

This textbook, which has been around for a number of years and has undergone a few revisions, has become the standard preparatory text for APICS tests and college-level production/operations management courses in dozens of universities.

The content is very broad - it covers almost the entire gamut of P/OM topics to some degree. That may be the only drawback to this book: it so broad in its topical coverage that there may be examples where the authors could have gone deeper in their presentation on specific subjects.

But even so, this charactertistic of being "100 miles wide and a few miles deep" works very well for readers who need a comprehensive primer on P/OM. That would include people just entering the field, or those that need to undestand the primary subject matters and areas of study, to point them in new directions.

I highly recommend this book as a foundation reference guide to your business library. Again, I know of many books that may be deeper in specific areas of P/OM, but I know of no book that encompasses so many topics and does and admirable job of presenting those topics. I would also caution the seasoned, highly-read P/OM professional in buying this book, but leave it for those newcomers to the field.

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent reference and resource - A "current classic", July 7, 1998

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This review is from: Manufacturing Planning and Control Systems (Hardcover)

This book is a classic: depth of information over a broad body of knowledge.

The error mentioned by another reviewer appears on p. 488: the "L-bar" term should be squared. Verifying dimensional homogeneity [i.e.that units of measure calculate consistently across the expression and result in "items" {whatever units demand is carried = units of safety stock}]) would alert a reader quickly that the product in the first term is incorrect.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Too wordy and lengthy content to focus the points well, July 11, 2004

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Yu-jen Chen (Taipei, Taiwan) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Manufacturing Planning and Control Systems (Hardcover)

Even if it is taken as the popular textbook for MPC, I'd rather read the another one: "Introduction to the materials management" by Arnold and Chapman. I can not easily catch the points and feel muddled after reading long sections and words in this book. However, the examples and case studies here are worthy to have a big picture for those who are new in this field.