Manufacturing Planning and Control for Supply Chain Management - Hardcover

Berry, William; Vollmann, Thomas; Jacobs, F. Robert; Whybark, D. Clay

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0071750312 ISBN 13: 9780071750318

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education, 2011

Synopsis

The definitive guide to manufacturing planning and control--FULLY REVISED AND UPDATED FOR THE CPIM EXAM

Improve supply chain effectiveness, productivity, customer satisfaction, and profitability with help from this authoritative resource. Completely up-to-date, Manufacturing Planning and Control for Supply Chain Management: APICS/CPIM Certification Edition offers comprehensive preparation for the challenging CPIM exam with hundreds of practice exam questions and detailed case studies. In-depth coverage of manufacturing planning and control (MPC) best practices and the latest research gives you the competitive advantage in today's global manufacturing environment, and helps you to obtain the coveted CPIM designation.

Covers the state of the art in manufacturing, including:

• Manufacturing planning and control
• Enterprise resource planning
• Demand management
• Forecasting
• Sales and operations planning
• Master production scheduling
• Material requirements planning
• Capacity planning and management
• Production activity control
• Advanced scheduling
• Just-in-time
• Distribution requirements planning
• Management of supply chain logistics
• Order point inventory control methods
• Strategy and MPC system design

About this title

About the Author:

F. Robert Jacobs is Chase Faculty Fellow Professor of Operations Management at the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University. He received a B.S. in Industrial Engineering as well as Computer and Information Science, an MBA, and a Ph.D. in Operations Management all from The Ohio State University. 

About this edition

• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0071750312
• ISBN 13: 9780071750318
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 576