MANUFACTURING PLANNING AND CONTROL SYSTEMS FOR SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT : The Definitive Guide for Professionals

Me agradó el enfoque a SCM. No me agradó el no disponer de la versión en español.

Dense. Rich. Thorough. Comprehensive. Authoritative. This well-written book presents manufacturing planning & control systems in abstract enough terms to separate them from any particular implementation, yet concretely enough to base your more detailed designs on. In software development terms, it's at the level of Architecture, High-level design and requirements. But it's not limited to software systems -- it's about work functions and processes too.You leave the book feeling that you get it in some way, at a conceptual level, how a manufacturing endeavor has to be structured and what the various processes are that have to be intertwined and coordinated for it all to work.The authors take an in depth look at the evolution of "classical", "functional" manufacturing (as reflected incrementally in informal shop floor systems, to MRP & MRPII, to ERP) as well as newer intrafirm management systems like JIT and "lean manufacturing". The thrust of the text, though, is on the nascent developments leading to "lean organization", "lean enterprise" and "lean supply chain". The leading edge of this evolution is the appearance of interfirm supply chain systems that focus on improving the entire supply chain and sharing these improvements with all of the links in the chain.Overall an excellent, if somewhat slow, read.

Useful for reminding people to look at the whole supply chain when trying to plan in manufacturing environments. Failure to think beyond your own company will cause problems, especially in today's manufacturing climate.

This book is basic for the 2nd. and 4th. Modules of Apics CPIM Program.My Experience for 2nd. Module Exam:The book represents a good source of information as a primary reference. However, this book is not formatted to ease/facilitate learning on key aspects or Primary ideas. For the exam purpose, there are KEY ideas taken from the book that I found on the exam that were not clearly highlighted by the editors, therefore once reading you may think they are not so important.In this matter, the reference book for 1st. CPIM Module is much better and easy to understand (Introduction to Materials Management by Tony R Arnold). For my exam preparation, I complemented this book with "Master Scheduling" by John F. Proud.

Arrived on time, very please for the condition of the book it was really nice, almost like new. I recommend buying from this seller. The book its kind of boring, specially if you are trying to read it after reading " Introduction To Materials Management" from Arnold.

This is an excellent real world operations reference book. It includes lean systems thinking - from the demand and capacity (internal and external) management, inventory planning, execution and performance management. I recommend it.Ron FardellDirector of Lean and Operational ExcellenceTextron Inc

This book has key information regarding the whole MPC and it should not be missed by those who are planing on taking the APICS certification exams.

Book was in excellent conditions. There were no markings, creased pages, or anything wrong with the book. The book came earlier than expected, which I was pleased about since I had already begun my course and needed it to complete that weeks assignments. It has helped me with my course materials and to pass my class.

Excellent

I wish I would have sprung for the newest edition, I'm thinking some of their examples would be more current. That said, this edition seems to have all the essential info..