Ebook: Total Materials Management: Achieving Maximum Profits Through Materials/Logistics Operations
- Tags: Engineering Design, Production/Logistics/Supply Chain Management
- Series: Chapman & Hall Materials Management/Logistics Series
- Year: 1995
- Publisher: Springer US
- Edition: 1
- Language: English
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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.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction to Total Materials/Logistics Management....Pages 3-31
Organization of Total Materials/Logistics Management....Pages 32-60
Front Matter....Pages 61-61
Materials/Logistics Management Strategies....Pages 63-102
The Integration of Inventory Control in Materials/Logistics Management....Pages 103-143
Applying Production Control in Materials/Logistics Management....Pages 144-182
Just-In-Time (JIT)....Pages 183-210
Utilizing Material Requirements Planning and Distribution Requirements Planning for Materials/Logistics Management....Pages 211-243
Front Matter....Pages 245-245
Purchasing....Pages 247-290
Receiving and Stores....Pages 291-326
Materials Handling....Pages 327-370
Physical Distribution....Pages 371-418
Front Matter....Pages 419-419
Automation....Pages 421-464
Managing a Successful Materials/Logistics Management Operation....Pages 465-506
Control of Materials/Logistics Management Functions....Pages 507-534
Financial Considerations Related to Materials/Logistics Management....Pages 535-564
Back Matter....Pages 565-575
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xii
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Introduction to Total Materials/Logistics Management....Pages 3-31
Organization of Total Materials/Logistics Management....Pages 32-60
Front Matter....Pages 61-61
Materials/Logistics Management Strategies....Pages 63-102
The Integration of Inventory Control in Materials/Logistics Management....Pages 103-143
Applying Production Control in Materials/Logistics Management....Pages 144-182
Just-In-Time (JIT)....Pages 183-210
Utilizing Material Requirements Planning and Distribution Requirements Planning for Materials/Logistics Management....Pages 211-243
Front Matter....Pages 245-245
Purchasing....Pages 247-290
Receiving and Stores....Pages 291-326
Materials Handling....Pages 327-370
Physical Distribution....Pages 371-418
Front Matter....Pages 419-419
Automation....Pages 421-464
Managing a Successful Materials/Logistics Management Operation....Pages 465-506
Control of Materials/Logistics Management Functions....Pages 507-534
Financial Considerations Related to Materials/Logistics Management....Pages 535-564
Back Matter....Pages 565-575
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