Introduction to Materials Management, Global Edition, 8th edition

Published by Pearson (May 10, 2016) © 2017

  • Steve Chapman
  • Ann K. Gatewood
  • Tony Arnold
  • Lloyd M. Clive
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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.

Table of contents

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

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