Operations and Supply Chain Management Essentials You Always Wanted to Know : Master Key Concepts, Procurement, Logistics, and Supply Chain Optimization
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Master Key Concepts, Procurement, Logistics, and Supply Chain Optimization. A practical understanding of the dynamic, expanding, and evolving Supply Chains that make our daily lives possible. After reading this book, you will be able to answer the following questions: What is Operations and Supply Chain Management and why is it important? What are the key functions within this field, and how do they interact with one another and the broader business? What are the responsibilities and decisions that managers in each functional area think about? How will disruptions in the Supply Chain impact the business world and our lives? Have you ever wondered what your peers meant by “Supply Chain” or “Operations”, or why either of these fields matter? What about people that work in these roles – what do they actually do? In Operations and Supply Chain Management Essentials , these questions and more will be answered. This useful guide uses a hypothetical company and the consumer product they make, to explain how the various functions within the Supply Chain intertwine to bring a finished product to life for consumers in the market. You will understand the story of how new demands, changing preferences, and unforeseen circumstances force this fictional company to adapt in order to survive. Through this book, you will understand and appreciate how these activities, including logistics and warehouse management, make everyday products and services available at our disposal - and why this is increasingly important for companies to pay attention to. The simple format and non-technical language of this book will attract even laypersons looking for a quick, comprehensive overview of supply chain management. About the Series The Self-Learning Management Series is designed to help students, new managers, career switchers and entrepreneurs learn essential management lessons. This series addresses every aspect of business from HR to Finance to Marketing to Operations across any and every industry. Review: Great resource to refer to - I thought that I was just going to use it as a reference book but when I was reading it I was very interested and ended reading the whole thing. I learned a lot short cuts and tricks and tips. I still refer to the book all the time. Great investment for a reference. Review: Good Introduction - A good introduction to the basic concepts but nothing in detail. Though...there is quite a couple of grammatical errors. Scissors cannot be a singular noun (i.e. there is nothing like "a scissors")
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J**A
Great resource to refer to
I thought that I was just going to use it as a reference book but when I was reading it I was very interested and ended reading the whole thing. I learned a lot short cuts and tricks and tips. I still refer to the book all the time. Great investment for a reference.
A**R
Good Introduction
A good introduction to the basic concepts but nothing in detail. Though...there is quite a couple of grammatical errors. Scissors cannot be a singular noun (i.e. there is nothing like "a scissors")
S**B
Simple & easy to understand
The author has done a great job at taking easy to understand examples to illustrate how each phase of the supply chain impacts a business
A**R
Perfect
I go to WGU and this book matched the material thank yoi
I**S
Good for beginners
Having worked in the field for over 10 years, I can definitely say the book covers a wide range of topics, but doesn’t go to in depth with each one. It gives a basic understanding of supply chain and operations for an individual who is unfamiliar with concepts or processes.
C**S
Good purchase
Good purchase
D**N
Decent if not a little shallow overview but full of typos
Purchased thos book to consider passing to an employee eyeing a promotion. The information is ok to get the broad level concepts across for someone who has no thought about these concepts at all. However. Man. This book is riddled with more typos than my 2am half drunk reddit posts. Words that are missing spaces between them, phrases that change tense or intent of where the sentence was going to go ... It's pretty drole reading in general and the distractions do not help!
P**L
Great book
Very great book. Came quicker than expected. Very great condition!!
D**I
Perfect book to learn about supply chain management
Easy to understand, good text, good price. I was looking for a knowledgeable book and found this book interesting and bought it. After completing the reading, i can say that this book provides a excellent knowledge so far than other books i have read.
J**S
Quality
Valuable resource
A**N
Indeed a Nice Book & easy to grasp Supply Chain Terminologies
I have read 4 Chapters so far from the book & then writing the review for this book. Books have indeed covered in very simplistic manner which helped me to understand the complete supply chain flow in quite a simple manner. I have already recommended the book to my colleagues working on the same project & they also purchased it & found it quite useful for our current on going project.
N**I
A useful, reference text with essential concepts of supply chain management.
'Operations and Supply Chain Management Essentials You Always Wanted to Know (Self-Learning Management Series Book 15)' by Ashley McDonough from Vibrant publishers is a comprehensive book encompassing varied aspects and topics of supply chain management. The book is written by keeping in mind the readers who have almost no pre- requisite knowledge of management system or supply chain management. However, the book plays an integral part in the lives of readers as simple consumers who'll appreciate the vast and complex system of supply chain management. The book, most certainly, is a long and tedious read, owing to the extensive research and topics discussed with utmost detail and description. The perfect example(s) chosen by the author from beginning till the end, help in thorough understanding of the concepts. Language of the book is lucid and the book proves to be an effective and useful resource in understanding of working and operations of supply chain management. I found the cover to be attractive, blurb is concise and to the point, hinting at the contents of the book. Diagrams and illustrations further enhance readers' interest to go through the book. Overall, a purposeful book, valuable for readers and effective reference text for all about supply chain management.
A**R
Basics
Nothing great
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