Total Materials Management: Achieving Maximum Profits Through Materials/Logistics Operations (Chapman & Hall Materials Management/Logistics (Closed)) - Hardcover

Magad, Eugene L.; Amos, John M.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0412065010 ISBN 13: 9780412065019

Publisher: Chapman and Hall, 1995

Synopsis

Reflecting the enhance role of materials/logistics management in today's competitive business environment, this new edition provides a fundamental understanding of the subject and its fuction in all sectors of the economy. It examines the vital area of customer service and shows how to implement a world class, integrated materials/logistics system that control activities starting with the supplier, through the company operation, and concluding with the satisfied customer. Thoroughly revised and updated, the Second Edition features new chapters on Just-In-Time and automation. Additional discussions include achieving world class competitiveness, ISO 9000 and organizational trends. Theoretical and practical examples of materials/logistics management are integrated with numerous real-life examples. This Second Edition of Total Materials Management presents accessible approaches for enhancing materials management/logistics, enabling personnel in purchasing, warehousing, physical distribution, materials handling, inventory control and production control to capitalize on vast opportunities for savings. This book is also an important resource for students in courses on materials/logistics management.

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Review

By today's standards, a cheap - and comprehensive - buy. - Materials Handling News (review of first edition)

Synopsis

This volume demonstrates an approach to cost-effective materials management by managing materials as a single system - from supplier through company operations to customer. Integrating theoretical and practical aspects of materials management, and using real-life examples, the authors: illustrate materials management/logistics concepts and organizational strategies as a framework for efficient management; explain procurement, materials flow, and distribution in the context of the overarching materials system, enabling managers to pinpoint potential savings and evaluate the success of different materials' functions; and provide guidelines on the implementation and control of improved materials management/logistics, including financial assessment and troubleshooting. Presenting approaches to enhancing materials management/logistics in an accessible format, this book aims to enable executives, managers, and technicians to exploit vast opportunities for savings through optimal materials management.

This book should be of interest to practitioners in purchasing, traffic and transportation, logistics, receiving, shipping, stores, production control, inventory control, industrial engineering, systems personnel and manufacturing engineering; and students on related courses.

Edition details

• Publisher: Chapman and Hall
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0412065010
• ISBN 13: 9780412065019
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 587