Supply Chain Management

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• Global Purchasing and Supply Management: Fulfill the Vision (2nd Ed.)
  Victor H. Pooler, David J. Pooler and Samuel D. Farney, Kluwer Academic Publishers (Springer), Boston, MA, 2004.
  http://www.springeronline.com
  This book addresses a broad range of purchasing management topics from both a theory and practical perspective. The authors’ aim is to bridge the gap between the management vision of e-business and the real-world view of an experienced practitioner. This revised addition includes a new chapter on obsolescence management of electronic components. Additional chapters address strategic supply initiatives, creating a global vision, inventory management, negotiations, MRO buying, transportation and logistics, and numerous other subjects pertinent to the profession.
  
  

• New Directions in Supply Chain Management
  Tonya Boone and Ram Ganeshan, Eds., AMACOM, New York, NY, 2002.
  http://www.amanet.org/books
  In the past several years, new developments in technology have completely revolutionized supply chain design, management, and control. With companies using technological innovations to new supply chain initiatives, it is clear that there is money to be saved and processes to be streamlined. This book is a collection of articles on current practices and future directions in supply chain management written by 18 top scholars, exploring the paradigm shifts that technology has created in supply chain management.
  
  

• Straight to the Bottomline: An Executive’s Roadmap to World Class Supply Management
  Robert A. Rudzki, Douglas Smock, Michael Katzorke and Shelley Stewart Jr., J Ross Publishing, Fort Lauderdale, FL, 2005.
  http://www.jrosspub.com
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  This book provides a roadmap for increasing shareholder value. The authors detail the advantages of the theory and show how it is implemented by several different companies. These examples can apply to any business that realizes the importance of building relationships with its various constituents.
  
  

• Strategic Supply Chain Management: The 5 Disciplines for Top Performance
  Shoshanah Cohen and Joseph Roussel, The McGraw-Hill Companies, New York, NY, 2005.
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  This book explores the knowledge, techniques, and strategies to create value and achieve competitive advantage for each core supply chain process: Plan, Source, Make, Deliver, and Return . The authors move beyond theory to offer numerous examples to allow companies to confront the challenges and take advantage of opportunities to implement supply chain improvements.
  
  

• Supply Chain Architecture: A Blueprint for Networking the Flow of Material, Information, and Cash
  William T. Walker, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL, 2005.
  http://www.crcpress.com
  This book applies five crucial business principles -- velocity, variability, vocalize, visualize, and value -- to solve network problems for geographically separated workers who must work together to deliver products and services. The author explains how a supply chain network’s competitiveness is defined by the integration of network design, the product’s Bill of Materials, and the network operations. A good and accurate reference book, however it may be too complex for many business readers.
  
  

• Supply Chain Excellence: A Handbook for Dramatic Improvement Using the SCOR Model
  Peter Bolstorff and Robert Rosenbaum, AMACOM, New York, NY, 2003.
  http://www.amacombooks.org
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  This book is a working guide for using the SCOR (Supply Chain Operations Reference) model developed by the Supply-Chain Council. It provides a tool to guide senior managers through the eight steps of the SCOR project lifecycle to achieve supply chain initiatives, using a hypothetical case study that addresses a broad range of issues. The book includes summaries of tasks, key required executive behaviors, graphics, diagrams, and sample deliverables to illustrate how to implement supply chain management concepts.
  
  

• Supply Chain in 90 Minutes (Integrating the Flow of Goods and Information from Supply to Demand)
  Stuart Emmett, Management Books, Gloucestershire, UK, 2005.
  http://www.mb2000.com
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  This easy-to-follow book is written for anyone involved in the business of logistics. It covers the role of warehousing, stock analysis and inventory management, stock control, equipment and information/communications technology, and risk assessment. ISM reviewer comment: "This book is a very concise overview of the key concepts of modern supply chain management...(the author) gives very practical summarizations of various supply chain operations, strategies and approaches."
  
  

• Supply Chain Management in the Retail Industry
  Michael Hugos and Chris Thomas, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., Hoboken, NJ, 2006.
  http://www.wiley.com
  This book defines supply chains, focusing on the impact that they can have on the retail industry. It features step-by-step details of how supply chains are set up, the factors that can impact them and what that means to the customer. Specific chapters are included on the retail distribution channel, operations planning, sourcing, and delivery, technology and supply chain coordination, performance measurements and more.
  
  

• Supply Chain Management: Strategy, Planning, and Operation (2nd Ed.)
  Sunil Chopra and Peter Meindl, Prentice Hall, Inc., Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2004.
  http://www.prenhall.com
  Targeted both toward an academic and a practitioner audience, this book is intended to provide an understanding of the strategic role of the supply chain, primarily addressing operations and demand management rather than purchasing and sourcing issues. It discusses inventory, transportation, information, and facilities as key drivers of supply chain performance; tools and techniques for supply chain analysis; and the use of e-business to improve supply chain performance.
  
  

• Supply Chain Project Management: A Structured, Collaborative and Measurable Approach
  James B. Ayers, CRC/St. Lucie Press, Boca Raton, FL, 2003.
  http://www.crcpress.com
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  This easy-to-use guide will boost your efforts to implement supply chain improvement by detailing the keys to a supply chain strategy, slashing costs and generating more revenue. This is the first book to apply the project management approach to supply chain management. Readers who are unfamiliar with formal project management processes will gain a knowledge of how these processes can be applied to their specific jobs.
  
  

• Supply Chain Redesign: Transforming Supply Chains into Integrated Value Systems
  Robert B. Handfield and Ernest L. Nichols, Jr., Financial Times Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2002.
  http://www.ft-ph.com
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  Supply Chain Redesign provides practical guidance for every aspect of supply chain redesign: mapping existing supply chains; identifying changes to obtain the best ROI; intelligently leveraging new technologies; strengthening relationships with key partners; designing products that support lean supply chains; implementing new approaches to strategic cost management; and much more. With basic to advanced content, the book includes industry examples and detailed case studies to help illustrate key success factors and emerging trends.
  
  

• Supply Chain Strategies: Customer-Driven and Customer-Focused
  Tony Hines, Elsevier Butterworth Heinemann, Burlington, MA, 2004.
  http://www.bh.com
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  Supply Chain Strategies is a well-written and comprehensive book describing various supply chain strategies in detail, including their relationship to the customer base and the type of products they support. The author provides numerous examples of businesses utilizing these supply chain strategies that are timely and demonstrative of his theories. Using several international case studies and vignettes, the book highlights the main challenges facing organizations that are seeking to select, design and implement successful supply chain strategies in an increasingly global and competitive environment. ISM reviewer comment: "This was by far the most comprehensive and complete book on current strategies that I have read."
  
  

• The Extended Enterprise: Gaining Competitive Advantage through Collaborative Supply Chains
  Edward W. Davis and Robert E. Spekman, Prentice Hall, Upper Saddle River, NJ, 2004.
  http://www.ft-ph.com
  Written for executive management, this book presents a strategic framework for identifying, entering, and managing enterprise partnerships and alliances. The authors demonstrate why strong partnerships and alliances are no longer optional, and cover the elements needed to build a successful extended enterprise: goals, people, processes, organizational structure, technology, and more.
  
  

• The Purchasing Machine
  Dave Nelson, Patricia E. Moody and Jonathan Stegner, Simon & Schuster, Inc., New York, NY, 2001.
  http://www.simonsays.com
  Companies are losing billions of dollars each year because of poor supply chain management. Supply chain management can be an integral part of a company’s success if properly managed, and can result in huge savings. This book examines how the top 10 companies use best practices to manage their supply chain and how these have contributed to the companies’ success.
  
  

• The Relationship-Driven Supply Chain: Creating a Culture of Collaboration throughout the Chain
  Stuart Emmett and Barry Crocker, Gower Publishing Limited, Hampshire, United Kingdom, 2006.
  http://www.gowerpub.com
  This book explains how a relationship-based approach to supply chain management can bring a paradigm shift that unleashes hidden benefits. Using a mix of academic concepts and practical applications, the book provides a look at how to organize your business internally for effective supply chain relationships, as well as how to use relationship marketing, customer relationship management and supply chain partnerships to transform your external supply chain.
  
  

• The Supply Chain Management Handbook (7th Edition)
  Joseph L. Cavinato, Anna E. Flynn and Ralph C. Kauffman, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY, 2006.
  http://books.mcgraw-hill.com
  The new Supply Management Handbook provides an A to Z encyclopedia of best practices and a synthesis of the leading roles and jobs within the profession. It offers ISM’s scan of the profession from buying to purchasing and supply; discussions from leading consulting firms on their observations of the strategic direction of the profession, and a study by the A.T. Kearney Center for Strategic Supply Leadership focusing on the profession’s future leadership.
  
  

• The Supply Chain Manager's Problem Solver: Maximizing the Collaboration and Technology
  Charles C. Poirier, CRC/St. Lucie Press, Boca Raton, FL, 2002.
  http://www.crcpress.com
  This book details several common barriers supply chain efforts and how to overcome them. Topics include metrics, customer relationship management, collaboration, global concepts, sourcing, technology, and culture. The author uses case studies to validate the concepts and solutions, providing an easy to understand and apply methodology for getting to higher levels of progress, and explores areas of potential technology application that are often overlooked. The Supply Chain Manager's Problem-Solver explores the benefits of a full network approach and illustrates specific actions that lead to success.
  
  

• World Class Supply Management: The Key to Supply Chain Management (7th Edition)
  Donald W. Dobler, David N. Burt and Stephen L. Starling, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY, 2003.
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  A bestselling business classic now in its seventh edition, World Class Supply Management covers the basics and follows purchasing's changing role in today's working world. Topics include global sourcing, supply chain theory, cross-functional teams, commodity management/sourcing, and specification development. The book also provides comprehensive coverage of TQM, strategic alliances, JIT, and outsourcing. An accompanying CD ROM contains case studies and other resources.
  
  

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