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by: Thomas E Vollmann, William Lee Berry, David Clay Whybark, F. Robert Jacobs, Thomas Vollmann, William Berry
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 658.5
EAN: 9780071440332
ISBN: 007144033X
Label: McGraw-Hill
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 598
Publication Date: April 01, 2004
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Sales Rank: 47085
Studio: McGraw-Hill
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Manufacturing Planning and Control Systems for Supply Chain Management is both the classic field handbook for manufacturing professionals in virtually any industry and the standard preparatory text for APICS certification courses. This essential reference has been totally revised and updated to give professionals the knowledge they need.
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Rating:  - No Textbook Problems Provided
I purchased this book for a class at my university, however I was unaware that there were no problems or review questions at the end of each chapter. Of course my professor assigns homework, I now have to purchase a new textbook that actually contains the assigned material.
Rating:  - Comprehensive coverage of MPC in theory and practice
It remains for others better qualified than I am to determine whether or not this book is "the definitive guide for professionals" but I do consider it to be one of the most informative and one of the most valuable I have read thus far. The comments which follow focus on the Fifth Edition (2005) in which the co-authors (Thomas E. Vollman, William L. Berry, D. Clay Whybark, and F. Robert Jacobs) update, supplement, or delete material from previous editions as well as add new concepts "in response ... Read More
Rating: - Might be the best source for a manufacturing systems designer available.
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 ... Read More
Rating: - Great reference for the professional.
This is just what I was looking for. I am a programmer and need to know exactly how the latest procedures for inventory control actually work. The techniques are explained in great detail, giving me exactly what I need. Lots of current information about Supply Chain Management with actual company examples included in every chapter.
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