Total Materials Management: Achieving Maximum Profits Through Materials/Logistics Operations

Eugene L. Magad (Curatore)

Springer-Verlag New York Inc., 2013

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.

• Curatore: Eugene L. Magad
• Editore: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
• Collana: Competitve Manufacturing Series
• Anno: 2013
• Rilegatura: Paperback / softback
• Pagine: 575 p.
• Dimensioni: 229 x 152 mm
• EAN: 9781468464528

Testo in English