Introduction to Materials Management, eBook, Global Edition

KEY BENEFIT: Introduction to Materials Management covers all the essentials of modern supply chain management, manufacturing planning and control systems, purchasing, and physical distribution. Clearly written and exceptionally user-friendly, it’s content, examples, questions, and problems lead students step-by-step to mastery. Widely adopted by colleges and universities worldwide, this is the only APICS-listed reference text for the Basics of Supply Chain Management (BSCM) CPIM certification examination. 

KEY TOPICS: Introduction to Materials Management; Production Planning System; Master Scheduling; Material Requirements Planning; Capacity Management; Production Activity Control; Purchasing; Forecasting and Demand Management; Inventory Fundamentals; Order Quantities; Independent Demand Ordering Systems; Physical Inventory and Warehouse Management; Physical Distribution; Products and Processes; Lean Production; Total Quality Management.

MARKET: For all courses in Materials Management, Production, Inventory Control, and Logistics taught in business and industrial technology departments of community colleges, four-year colleges, and universities.