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Record Nr.

UNINA9910154946203321

Autore

Chapman Stephen N

Titolo

Introduction to materials management / / Stephen N. Chapman, J.R. Tony Arnold, Ann K. Gatewood, Lloyd M. Clive

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, Mass., : Pearson, 2017

Boston, [Massachusetts] : , : Pearson, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

9781292162379 (e-book)

9781292162355 (pbk.)

1-292-16237-6

Edizione

[8th ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (463 p.) : ill

Collana

Always Learning

Altri autori (Persone)

ArnoldJ. R. Tony <1928->

GatewoodAnn K

CliveLloyd M

Disciplina

658.7

Soggetti

Materials management

Libros electrónicos.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Authorized adaptation from the United States edition.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Introduction to Materials Management -- 2. Production Planning System -- 3. Master Scheduling -- 4. Material Requirements Planning -- 5. Capacity Management -- 6. Production Activity Control -- 7.   Purchasing -- 8. Forecasting and Demand Management -- 9. Inventory Fundamentals -- 10. Order Quantities -- 11. Independent Demand Ordering Systems -- 12. Physical Inventory and Warehouse Management -- 13. Physical Distribution -- 14. Products and Processes -- 15. Lean Production -- 16. Total Quality Management -- Readings -- Index.

Sommario/riassunto

For all courses in Materials Management, Production, Inventory Control, and Logistics taught in business and industrial technology departments of community colleges, four-year colleges, and universities.     Understand all elements of production planning and control, and how they fit together with Introduction to Materials Management. Clearly written and exceptionally user-friendly, this text covers all the essentials of modern supply chain management, manufacturing



planning and control systems, purchasing, and physical distribution. Content, examples, questions, and problems lead students step-by-step to mastery. Widely adopted by colleges and universities worldwide, this is the only APICS-listed reference text for the Basics of Supply Chain Management (BSCM) CPIM certification examination.