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Title: Supply Chain Management, Second Edition by Sunil Chopra, Peter Meindl ISBN: 0-13-101028-X Publisher: Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 01 May, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $104.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.8 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Good reference material for practitioners
Comment: I found this book to be a great source of reference for managers. It is not really a good teaching source, as I thought it already starts with a fair amount of assumed previous knowledge and jargon.
The sections that are most well developed are the ones on inventory management and transportation logistics, where I found examples that were directly applicable to situations I encountered in a retail environment. The portion on forecasting was not as useful, and the part on e-business seemed somewhat contrived. Overall, this is the best reference I have found that does not require a heavy amount of mathematical familiarity.
Rating: 4
Summary: Excellent book overall but...
Comment: I refered and used this book in 2 grad level courses. The first was a business school course on SCM (with an above average quantitative focus for a B-school course) and again for a fully quatitative SC Engineering course. While I was initially very impressed with the book, using this over 2 semesters has raised a few gripes.
For the qualitative issues on SCM {make no mistake, these 'fluff' aspects are very important} there is no other equal. Chopra and Meindl do an outstanding and comprehensive job. They also bring out the importance of using scientific, quantitative techniques for SCM. This however is where my gripes start.
Having brought out the importance of quantitative tools for use in SCM, they do only a moderate job on explaining these tools. For example, the chapter on forecasting (only the most simple and commonly used models are explained) is unnnecessarily complex and confusing. The topics covered are adequete but need revision. Treatment of inventory management also could be more detailed and better explained.
This is an excellent book but for more comprehensive learning (if you want an understanding of the quantitative aspects too), I think this book needs supplementing (say with course notes) or another book like "Modeling the Supply Chain" by Shapiro.
Rating: 5
Summary: Peter Meindl - The Godfather of modern supply chain mgt
Comment: Written by one of the leading minds in the field, Peter Meindl of I2 technologies has a lot to teach. This is an excellent text and as a fellow Dallas/Ft. Worth resident, I would enjoy meeting him. If you are an MBA student with a concentration in Operations Management, this text should be required.
Meindl, a management team member of I2, has helped develop I2 into the undisputed champion in enterprise software. While SAP may have the market share with their archaic DOS based application, I2 has windows functionality and everything that matters. They have raised the bar with their supply chain knowledge, leading solutions, and collaborative knowledge in supply chain strategy. This text will give you a big step forward in becoming a Supply Chain leader.
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Title: Modeling the Supply Chain by Jeremy F. Shapiro ISBN: 0534373631 Publisher: Duxbury Press Pub. Date: 20 December, 2000 List Price(USD): $92.95 |
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Title: Designing and Managing the Suppy Chain w/ Student CD-Rom by David Simchi-Levi, Philip Kaminsky, Edith Simchi-Levi ISBN: 0072845538 Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin Pub. Date: 11 October, 2002 List Price(USD): $91.60 |
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Title: Essentials of Supply Chain Management by Michael H. Hugos ISBN: 0471235172 Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Pub. Date: 27 December, 2002 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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Title: Logistics and Supply Chain Management: Strategies for Reducing Cost and Improving Service, Second Edition by Martin Christopher ISBN: 0273630490 Publisher: Financial Times Prentice Hall Pub. Date: 15 August, 1998 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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Title: Handbook of Supply Chain Management by James B. Ayers, Jim Ayers ISBN: 1574442732 Publisher: Saint Lucie Press Pub. Date: 29 August, 2000 List Price(USD): $74.95 |
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