Essentials of Supply Chain Management

Michael H. Hugos

John Wiley & Sons, Jun 4, 2010 - Business & Economics - 304 pages

Fully revised and expanded, the Second Edition contains valuable tips, techniques, illustrative real-world examples, exhibits, and best practices. This handy and concise paperback will help you stay up to date on the newest thinking, strategies, developments, and technologies in supply chain management.

"Michael Hugos presents the core concepts and techniques of supply chain management in a clear, concise, and easily readable style for those desiring an introduction to the subject or for those wanting to refine their understanding and application of supply chain issues. The case studies and executive insights are very useful in illustrating how to effectively employ supply chains to enable companies to accomplish their business goals."
-Perry J. Gaid, Vice President of Purchasing, OneSource Facility Services, Inc.

"My company is involved in both manufacturing and distribution. Mr. Hugos's book provides a valuable framework of concepts and techniques that people at all levels of the company can use to organize and improve our supply chain management capabilities and tie them to our business strategy."
-Grant Watkinson, Ph.D., President, Coastwide Laboratories, Inc.

Praise for the First Edition

"An excellent introduction into supply chain management . . . a book you should own and loan out to others frequently."
-Supply Management

"In clear and concise prose, this lean book outlines the most crucial tenets and concepts of supply chain management."
-Supply Chain Management Review

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User Review -

sound book with lots of essence of SCM.

Review: Essentials of Supply Chain Management

User Review  - VENKATRAMAN CK - Goodreads

excellent high level coverage of the contemporary Supply Chain management. Every operating manager will find this very informative. recommended.

Contents

• Key Concepts of Supply Chain Management: 1
• Planning and Sourcing: 43
• Making and Delivering: 77
• Using Information Technology: 103
• Metrics for Measuring Supply Chain Performance: 133
• Supply Chain Coordination: 169
• Defining Supply Chain Opportunities: 195
• Creating Supply Chains for Competitive Advantage: 231
• The Promise of the RealTime Supply Chain: 267
• Index: 285

About the author

MICHAEL HUGOS is a business executive with more than twenty years' experience in logistics and supply chain management. He is an award-winning Chief Information Officer who integrates technology and business operations to create supply chains for competitive advantage. Mr. Hugos is also the author of Building the Real-Time Enterprise: An Executive Briefing and the coauthor of Supply Chain Management in the Retail Industry. He holds an MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management.

Bibliographic information

• Title: Essentials of Supply Chain Management
• Author: Michael H. Hugos
• Edition: 2
• Publisher: John Wiley & Sons, 2010
• ISBN: 0470893710, 9780470893715
• Length: 304 pages
• Subjects: Business & Economics / Decision-Making & Problem Solving