Production and Inventory Control Handbook (Hardcover)

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The leading reference for production and inventory control professionals for over 25 years, the Handbook has been totally updated to reflect today's rapidly changing manufacturing environment. The Third Edition now includes 37 contributions from more than 50 distinguished members of the American Production and Inventory Control Soceity (APICS). The work features 15 all-new chapters, covering bar coding, bills of materials, MRPII, customer and vendor relations, TQM topic, and more--plus full details on APICS certification requirements.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 1200 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill; 3 edition (April 1, 1997)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0070244286
• ISBN-13: 978-0070244283
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.4 x 2.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.8 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,162,057 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent reference on production and inventory control, May 2, 2003

By	Dave Piasecki (Kenosha, WI United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Yes, it's a bit expensive, but this book is enormous and packed full of information. At 1200 pages, you're probably not going to read this from cover to cover. Instead, you'll want to have this on your shelf whenever you need information on production and inventory management. The book is actually a compilation of chapters by various authors. On the plus side, this results in having each topic covered by an expert on that specific topic. On the minus side, it results in some redundancy from chapter to chapter and inconsistency in the quality of each chapter.
What's great about this book is that if you need information on a topic related to production and inventory management, you are almost certain to find the topic covered in this book. I definitely recommend this as the starting point in your manufacturing operations library.