Supply Chain Logistics Management (Hardcover)

~ Donald Bowersox (Author), David Closs (Author), M. Bixby Cooper (Author) "As recently as the early 1990s, the average time required for a company to process and deliver merchandise to a customer from warehouse inventory ranged..." (more)
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Product Description

Supply Chain Logistics Management is exciting and promises to bolster traditional logistics courses and invigorate supply chain management courses, by examining traditional logistics issues within the context of the supply chain. Most textbooks approach this subject from a limited perspective, studying only internal functions of an organization to the exclusion of issues that relate to the entire supply chain. Supply Chain Logistics Management, provides a solid foundation that clearly describes the role of logistics within the supply chain, portraying a complete view of the subject and going farther to show how all the pieces fit together.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 678 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin; 1 edition (January 11, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0072351004
• ISBN-13: 978-0072351002
• Product Dimensions: 10.4 x 8.1 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #730,805 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars an extremely good teacher on supply chain management, January 28, 2003

By	Philip (Shanghai, China) - See all my reviews

The authors of the book are quite well-known as professors in Michigan Uni.It is one of the best book for a new-comer or student to supply chain field.It owns a lot of industrial insights as supporting cases and also, quite a few other useful data and tables.The theoretic structure of the book is quite fruitful and helpful, especially to whom wanna have a clear and complete picture of the supply chain management.It not only discuss the issues of logistics and supply chain management, but also, which I think is much more constructive, provide the reader a whole new view of the business operation and management.It raises the question how to run a successful and competitive firm and offers some useful ideas to help the reader to reach the conclusion by himself.It is quite a good book for students to use at class and read off class as well.Of course,managers who interested in supply chain and logistics should appreciate it very much!

5.0 out of 5 stars Supply Chain Logistics Managment, September 20, 2009

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This review is from: Supply Chain Logistics Management (Paperback)

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1.0 out of 5 stars An awfully boring read, January 18, 2009

By	J. Jericho - See all my reviews

I used this text for a university management course, and had a horrible time learning from the book; the writing style is so elaborate and dry, it put me in a coma. For example, here is a "gem" from pages 9 & 10:
"One could argue that the challenges and benefits of integrative management offered sufficient reason for the supply chain revolution. However, other basic drivers continue to make supply chain arrangements even more appealing. A fundemental paradigm shift in strategic thinking occured as a direct impact of information technology. Information connectivity creates the potential for developing responsive business models. To elaborate the far-reaching implications of this major development, it is useful to contrast traditional or anticipatory business practice to the emerging time-based responsive business model."
The writers of this double-talk are issuing a new edition, and i hope professors don't adopt it for the sake of their students' sanity.