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Operations and Supply Chain Management Essentials You Always Wanted To Know
Operations and Supply Chain Management Essentials You Always Wanted To Know
Operations and Supply Chain Management Essentials You Always Wanted To Know
Operations and Supply Chain Management Essentials You Always Wanted To Know
Operations and Supply Chain Management Essentials You Always Wanted To Know
Operations and Supply Chain Management Essentials You Always Wanted To Know

Operations and Supply Chain Management Essentials You Always Wanted To Know

Master Key Concepts, Procurement, Logistics, and Supply Chain Optimization

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After reading this book, you will be able to answer the following questions:

  • What is Operations and Supply Chain Management and why is it important?
  • What are the key functions within this field, and how do they interact with one another and the broader business?
  • What are the responsibilities and decisions that managers in each functional area think about?
  • How will disruptions in the Supply Chain impact the business world and our lives going forward?
  • What are the practical applications of the knowledge gained around Supply Chain Operations?

A practical understanding of the dynamic, expanding, and evolving Supply Chains that make our daily lives possible.

Have you ever wondered what your peers meant by “Supply Chain” or “Operations”, or why either of these fields matter?
What about people that work in these roles – what do they actually do?
In Operations and Supply Chain Management Essentials, these questions and more will be answered.

This useful guide uses a hypothetical company and the consumer product they make, to explain how the various functions within the Supply Chain intertwine to bring a finished product to life for consumers in the market. You will understand the story of how new demands, changing preferences, and unforeseen circumstances force this fictional company to adapt in order to survive. Through this book, you will understand and appreciate how these activities, including logistics and warehouse management, make everyday products and services available at our disposal - and why this is increasingly important for companies to pay attention to. The simple format and non-technical language of this book will attract even laypersons looking for a quick, comprehensive overview of supply chain management.

Bibliographic Details

Pages: 192 pages

Paperback (ISBN): 9781949395242

eBook (ISBN): 9781949395259

Hardback (Color): 9781949395655

Trim Size: 5.5” x 8.5”

Category: Business & Economics

Author:  Ashley McDonough, Vibrant Publishers

Operations and Supply Chain Management Essentials You Always Wanted To Know
Operations and Supply Chain Management Essentials You Always Wanted To Know
Operations and Supply Chain Management Essentials You Always Wanted To Know
Operations and Supply Chain Management Essentials You Always Wanted To Know
Operations and Supply Chain Management Essentials You Always Wanted To Know
Operations and Supply Chain Management Essentials You Always Wanted To Know
Operations and Supply Chain Management Essentials You Always Wanted To Know
Operations and Supply Chain Management Essentials You Always Wanted To Know
Operations and Supply Chain Management Essentials You Always Wanted To Know
Operations and Supply Chain Management Essentials You Always Wanted To Know
Table of Contents

1. What is Supply Chain and Operations Management?

What are Benefits Delivered by Supply Chain Operations?

Functional Areas Within Supply Chain Operations

SCO in Action - CTC Scissor Co.


2. Planning and Control Systems

Master Scheduling

Material Resource Planning

Production Resource Planning

Inventory Planning


3. Procurement, Purchasing, and Sourcing

Supplier Decision Criteria

Strategic Sourcing and Partnerships


4. Manufacturing

Manufacturing Processes and Structure

Theory of Constraints (TOC)

Manufacturing Methodologies


5. Quality

Quality Programs

Total Quality Management

Continuous Improvement


6. Logistics

Warehouse Management

Distribution

Transportation


7. Supply Chain Evolution

8. Supply Chain in the Modern World

Author

Ashley McDonough is a Supply Chain and Finance professional who holds an M.B.A from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, one of the top M.B.A. programs in the world. She also holds a Bachelor’s degree from the University of Minnesota, with an emphasis in Supply Chain, Operations Management, and Economics.

Vibrant Publishers is focused on presenting the best texts for learning about technology and business as well as books for test preparation. Categories include programming, operating systems and other texts focused on IT. In addition, a series of books helps professionals in their own disciplines learn the business skills needed in their professional growth.

Vibrant Publishers has a standardized test preparation series covering the GMAT, GRE and SAT, providing ample study and practice material in a simple and well organized format, helping students get closer to their dream universities.

Series

The Self-Learning Management Series is designed to help students, new managers, career switchers, and entrepreneurs learn essential management lessons and covers every aspect of business, from HR to Finance to Marketing to Operations across any and every industry. Each book includes basic fundamentals, important concepts, and standard and well-known principles as well as practical ways of application of the subject matter.

Editorial Reviews

There is wonderful continuity told in plain language while bringing us through an example from the first phase through logistics.
-- Readers' Favorite


It is excellent in its use of examples
-- Wendy L. Tate, Co-Editor in Chief, Journal of Purchase and Supply Management


User-friendly and not too technical McDonough succeeds in making operations, supply chain management and logistics quite understandable to a non technical audience, without losing the OSCM technical soul.
-- Andrea Patrucco, The Pennsylvania State University

Great OSCM primer
-- David A. Marshall, Eastern Michigan University

A good balance of theory and practicality
-- Henry C. Alphin Jr., Higher Education Administrator, Researcher, and Economic Development Professional

I went into the book knowing very little about Operations and Supply Chain Management and was pleasantly surprised. It was written in a clear and concise way that allowed me to understand individual concepts and the big picture. I appreciated the example that was carried through the book, as it made the explanations easy to visualize and follow. I can definitely recommend it for beginners to that specific branch, but have some business knowledge.
-- dsoberanis
Librarything User

We are still using the "Operations and Supply Chain Management" by Ashley McDonough for our AVS 2400 course. It is a great introductory text!
-- Willem J Homan
Professor
Department of Aviation Sciences
College of Aviation
Western Michigan University

If you ignored the concepts of material and resource planning as the most abstruse and unflinching, now you can easily say ‘yes’ to learning the most crucial concepts in this domain by reading them from cover to cover. This book can clear all the confounding models of procurement.
-- Ms. Jyoti Kukreja
Assistant Professor,
Jagannath International Management School,
Kalkaji, New Delhi

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