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.
Introduction to Materials Management, Seventh Edition covers all the essentials of modern supply chain management, manufacturing planning and control systems, purchasing, and physical distribution. Clearly written and exceptionally user-friendly, its content, examples, questions, and problems lead students step-by-step to mastery. This edition’s extensive updates include: new techniques, technology, and case studies; reorganized and expanded coverage of lean production and JIT manufacturing; new information on sustainability and “green” production; use of INCOTERMS for global supply chains; revised end-of-chapter problems, and more. 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.
Features + Benefits
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.
Introduction to Materials Management, Seventh Edition covers all the essentials of modern supply chain management, manufacturing planning and control systems, purchasing, and physical distribution. Clearly written and exceptionally user-friendly, its content, examples, questions, and problems lead students step-by-step to mastery. This edition’s extensive updates include: new techniques, technology, and case studies; reorganized and expanded coverage of lean production and JIT manufacturing; new information on sustainability and “green” production; use of INCOTERMS for global supply chains; revised end-of-chapter problems, and more. 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.
Hallmark Features
Comprehensive explanations of the essentials of production planning and control–including production planning systems, master scheduling, MRP, capacity management, and production activity control
Helps students understand all elements of production planning and control, and how they fit together
Wide-ranging, up-to-date topic coverage–including forecasting, physical inventory, warehouse management, links to product and process design, transportation, packaging, material handling, TQM/Six Sigma, and much more
Covers all the issues students will need to be familiar with in order to succeed with modern materials management
Three full chapters on inventory management–introducing core techniques ranging from setting order quantities to utilizing independent demand ordering systems
Prepares students for any role in inventory management
Extensive pedagogical features–including chapter introductions and summaries, Key Terms, margin icons, questions, and problems (solutions provided for approximately 50% of problems)
Helps students test, apply, and deepen their knowledge
Simple, clear, and readable–avoiding unnecessarily complex mathematics
Will be accessible to a wide audience of students in materials management and supply chain courses
Primary Reference for key APICS Certification courses–including Basics of Supply Chain Management and Detailed Scheduling and Planning
Helps students prepare for APICS certification by mastering APICS concepts, techniques and vocabulary
Prepares students for success in organizations that use APICS methods and expect APICS certification
1. Introduction to Materials Management
2. Products and Processes
3. Total Quality Management
4. Production Planning System
5. Master Scheduling
6. Material Requirements Planning
7. Capacity Management
8. Production Activity Control
9. Purchasing
10 Forecasting
11 Inventory Fundamentals
12 Order Quantities
13 Independent Demand Ordering Systems
14 Physical Inventory and Warehouse Management
15 Physical Distribution
16 Just-in-Time Manufacturing and Lean Production
Introduction to Materials Management, Seventh Edition covers all the essentials of modern supply chain management, manufacturing planning and control systems, purchasing, and physical distribution. Clearly written and exceptionally user-friendly, its content, examples, questions, and problems lead students step-by-step to mastery. This edition’s extensive updates include: new techniques, technology, and case studies; reorganized and expanded coverage of lean production and JIT manufacturing; new information on sustainability and “green” production; use of INCOTERMS for global supply chains; revised end-of-chapter problems, and more. 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.
Features + Benefits
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.
Introduction to Materials Management, Seventh Edition covers all the essentials of modern supply chain management, manufacturing planning and control systems, purchasing, and physical distribution. Clearly written and exceptionally user-friendly, its content, examples, questions, and problems lead students step-by-step to mastery. This edition’s extensive updates include: new techniques, technology, and case studies; reorganized and expanded coverage of lean production and JIT manufacturing; new information on sustainability and “green” production; use of INCOTERMS for global supply chains; revised end-of-chapter problems, and more. 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.
Hallmark Features
Comprehensive explanations of the essentials of production planning and control–including production planning systems, master scheduling, MRP, capacity management, and production activity control
Helps students understand all elements of production planning and control, and how they fit together
Wide-ranging, up-to-date topic coverage–including forecasting, physical inventory, warehouse management, links to product and process design, transportation, packaging, material handling, TQM/Six Sigma, and much more
Covers all the issues students will need to be familiar with in order to succeed with modern materials management
Three full chapters on inventory management–introducing core techniques ranging from setting order quantities to utilizing independent demand ordering systems
Prepares students for any role in inventory management
Extensive pedagogical features–including chapter introductions and summaries, Key Terms, margin icons, questions, and problems (solutions provided for approximately 50% of problems)
Helps students test, apply, and deepen their knowledge
Simple, clear, and readable–avoiding unnecessarily complex mathematics
Will be accessible to a wide audience of students in materials management and supply chain courses
Primary Reference for key APICS Certification courses–including Basics of Supply Chain Management and Detailed Scheduling and Planning
Helps students prepare for APICS certification by mastering APICS concepts, techniques and vocabulary
Prepares students for success in organizations that use APICS methods and expect APICS certification
1. Introduction to Materials Management
2. Products and Processes
3. Total Quality Management
4. Production Planning System
5. Master Scheduling
6. Material Requirements Planning
7. Capacity Management
8. Production Activity Control
9. Purchasing
10 Forecasting
11 Inventory Fundamentals
12 Order Quantities
13 Independent Demand Ordering Systems
14 Physical Inventory and Warehouse Management
15 Physical Distribution
16 Just-in-Time Manufacturing and Lean Production