Introduction to Supply Chain Management (Paperback)

by Robert B. Handfield (Author), Ernest L. Nichols (Author)

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Product Description
Covers supply chain management as a whole, focusing on the integration of components associated with developing new products, buying materials, transforming them, and shipping them to customers. Contains topical discussions of what supply chains are, why they are important, and what types of challenges are implicit in managing supply chains. A book well-suited for business and engineering practitioners in executive education forums.

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Covers supply chain management as a whole, focusing on the integration of components associated with developing new products, buying materials, transforming them, and shipping them to customers. Contains topical discussions of what supply chains are, why they are important, and what types of challenges are implicit in managing supply chains. A book well-suited for business and engineering practitioners in executive education forums.

Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Prentice Hall (June 22, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0136216161
• ISBN-13: 978-0136216162
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #382,088 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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35 of 35 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good Introduction to SCM, September 29, 1999

By A Customer

The book provides an introduction to SCM. The three parts on information and material flows and partnerships cover basic issues of SCM well, but stay brief as intended by the authors. The separation of the three issues works out well. Still, the integration and interdependence of material and information flows might be presented clearer. The management of partnerships addresses a different conceptual framework, that really makes the difference of SCM to traditional relations to suppliers or customers. Students or managers looking for a first introduction to SCM will benefit from the book. Being concise always means to neglect certain aspects. Still, the covered topics provide the introduction, the book aims for. I plan to adopt parts of it for a course in SCM.

20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars A must have SCM book but you need more!, September 21, 1999

By	Sarawoot Chittratanawat (Bangkok, THAILAND) - See all my reviews

I finally decide to give a comment of this book after had it for a couple of year. Handfield and Nichols wrote this book *too* general and not emphasize in any research/application trend of Supply Chain Management(SCM). As a student, I found this book is the first -but not only one- book for anyone who doesn't know about the SCM. IF you do know and need a "concise book" that you can finish in a night, get this one. Another disadvantage is no technical definition and implementation issues. Case studies are ok -but again, too general.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Good Overview for Managers, July 26, 1998

By	[e-mail] (Owings Mills, MD USA) - See all my reviews

I think this is a good introduction to Supply Chain Management. I would have enjoyed a more in-depth discussion of some of the competing products and technology. Important areas such as warehouse management, ERP and middleware, CSM and transportation were sorely missed but then again it is only 183 pages so it was not meant to be comprehensive. Not a bad book but not enough for those with a serious interest in this topic.