Essentials of Supply Chain Management

By Michael H. Hugos

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

The Wiley Essentials Series-because the business world is always changing...and so should you.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Wiley
• Release date: Jun 4, 2010
• ISBN: 9780470893715

Reviews for Essentials of Supply Chain Management

[mdubois_29 · Rating: 1 out of 5 stars]

Good book if you know nothing about manufacturing or supply chain. If you have any experience in distribution centers or supply chain or manufacturing, you probably know everything in this book.

[spyderella · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

Easy-to-read overview of the foundations and fundamental concepts in supply-chain management. I work in IT for a computer manufacturer, so I sit in the middle of a large, competitive supply chain, and this book provided a lot of "ah has" for me and solidified concepts. I can see more relevance now between what I do and the strategic goals of my employer.I have only two criticisms, and they are small. First, all of the "examples from the real world" sections are about the _same_ company, and it slowly dawns on you that it is the author's employer. It's fine, but it does seem disingenuous to give the impression they were based on interviews and industry research. Second, the sections on how to manage IT projects are ridiculous, full of executive-level abstractions (Just make a plan to design it, build it, and be sure to timebox the work. Yep, that's it.). But if you work in IT, you are already accustomed to that kind of "executive oversight," and you can scan through those chapters quickly.