Customer Reviews

Manufacturing Planning and Control Systems

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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.

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.

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.

I required this book for a class i was taking. Overall this is one of the worst text books i have ever used. The book is filled with somewhat technical and complex information regarding MPC, yet fails to provide topical examples illustrating the principles and theories behind the information. The only reason to ever buy a book this overpriced and disobliging is for a class.

Terrible text from cover to cover. Entire book is too wordy, complex and overall confusing to get any points across to the reader. Needed it for a class and had to get tutoring because this book is a complete mess. I am usually a good student when it comes to learning out of the book but this text makes even the most simple concepts seem like doctorate student only knowledge. Avoid at all costs.

This Book is excellent, but...
Exactly same book as the other book, same authors, same book name with "The Definitive Guide for Professionals". This book has more discuss questions. But this price is much higher than the other.

I strongly recommend the other one, although I bought both of them.

This book is terrible and most of my classmates concur. For example chapter 5 alludes to certain statistical methods and in essence completely butchers them. As a student I had to use several other resources to pass my classes as this text is useless. If you are an instructor select something else.

This is a must have in any business library. The material is applicable in many useful areas throughout the supply chain. It's enjoyable to read b/c you keep thinking of how to apply the theories introduced in the book in your work. This is absolutely a treasure in your library.

The only short fall from this book is the formula described for calculating safety stock has an error in it. This error will lead to a significant miscalculation of safety stock and should be corrected in subsequent printings. This formula should be a Square Root of the Sum of the Squares (SRSS) and the first element is not properly squared

I thought it was just me, but after reading so many other reviews it seems that many others are having the same problem. Unlike in traditional text-books where the examples and the foundational teaching are separate, this book mixes them so you don't know where the example ends and the text-material starts.

I'm doing the End of Chapter Discussion Questions, have read the chapter all the way through and still haven't found the answer to the FIRST QUESTION!

After reading some of the positive reviews, it could be that this book is more geared towards Analysis, but I am taking a MPC POLICY class.

The reviews of the last few books I have had at my Uni have all been bad and I am beginning to suspect corruption within the school's book selection process.