Introduction to Materials Management

By Elie G. Humbert

Book Overview

KEY BENEFIT Introduction to Materials Management covers all the essentials of modern supply chain management, manufacturing planning and control systems, purchasing, and physical distribution. Clearly written and exceptionally user-friendly, it's 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. KEY TOPICS Introduction to Materials Management; Production Planning System; Master Scheduling; Material Requirements Planning; Capacity Management; Production Activity Control; Purchasing; Forecasting and Demand Management; Inventory Fundamentals; Order Quantities; Independent Demand Ordering Systems; Physical Inventory and Warehouse Management; Physical Distribution; Products and Processes; Lean Production; Total Quality Management. MARKET 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. This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0132337614
• ISBN13: 9780132337618
• Release Date: January 2007
• Publisher: Prentice Hall
• Length: 515 Pages
• Weight: 2.29 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 1.3" x 7.8"