Product Description

Fully revised and expanded, the Second Edition contains valuable tips, techniques, illustrative real-world examples, exhibits, and best practices. This handy and concise paperback will help you stay up to date on the newest thinking, strategies, developments, and technologies in supply chain management.

"Michael Hugos presents the core concepts and techniques of supply chain management in a clear, concise, and easily readable style for those desiring an introduction to the subject or for those wanting to refine their understanding and application of supply chain issues. The case studies and executive insights are very useful in illustrating how to effectively employ supply chains to enable companies to accomplish their business goals."
-Perry J. Gaid, Vice President of Purchasing, OneSource Facility Services, Inc.

"My company is involved in both manufacturing and distribution. Mr. Hugos's book provides a valuable framework of concepts and techniques that people at all levels of the company can use to organize and improve our supply chain management capabilities and tie them to our business strategy."
-Grant Watkinson, Ph.D., President, Coastwide Laboratories, Inc.

Praise for the First Edition

"An excellent introduction into supply chain management . . . a book you should own and loan out to others frequently."
-Supply Management

"In clear and concise prose, this lean book outlines the most crucial tenets and concepts of supply chain management."
-Supply Chain Management Review

The Wiley Essentials Series-because the business world is always changing...and so should you.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #35613 in Books
• Published on: 2006-03-10
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 304 pages

Features

• ISBN13: 9780471776345
• Condition: NEW
• Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Review
"...an excellent introduction into supply chain management...a book you should own and loan out to others frequently..." (Supply Management, 10 April 2003)

"In clear and concise prose, this lean book outlines the most crucial tenets and concepts of supply chain management." (Supply Chain Management Review, September/October 2003)

"...an excellent introduction into supply chain management...a book you should own and loan out to others frequently..." -- Supply Management, 10 April 2003

"In clear and concise prose, this lean book outlines the most crucial tenets and concepts of supply chain management." -- Supply Chain Management Review, September/October 2003

From the Back Cover
Fully revised and expanded, the Second Edition contains valuable tips, techniques, illustrative real-world examples, exhibits, and best practices. This handy and concise paperback will help you stay up to date on the newest thinking, strategies, developments, and technologies in supply chain management.

"Michael Hugos presents the core concepts and techniques of supply chain management in a clear, concise, and easily readable style for those desiring an introduction to the subject or for those wanting to refine their understanding and application of supply chain issues. The case studies and executive insights are very useful in illustrating how to effectively employ supply chains to enable companies to accomplish their business goals."
—Perry J. Gaid, Vice President of Purchasing, OneSource Facility Services, Inc.

"My company is involved in both manufacturing and distribution. Mr. Hugos's book provides a valuable framework of concepts and techniques that people at all levels of the company can use to organize and improve our supply chain management capabilities and tie them to our business strategy."
—Grant Watkinson, Ph.D., President, Coastwide Laboratories, Inc.

Praise for the First Edition

"An excellent introduction into supply chain management . . . a book you should own and loan out to others frequently."
—Supply Management

"In clear and concise prose, this lean book outlines the most crucial tenets and concepts of supply chain management."
—Supply Chain Management Review

The Wiley Essentials Series—because the business world is always changing...and so should you.

About the Author
MICHAEL HUGOS is a business executive with more than twenty years' experience in logistics and supply chain management. He is an award-winning Chief Information Officer who integrates technology and business operations to create supply chains for competitive advantage. Mr. Hugos is also the author of Building the Real-Time Enterprise: An Executive Briefing and the coauthor of Supply Chain Management in the Retail Industry. He holds an MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management.

Customer Reviews

Great Introduction to Supply Chain Management
As a consultant in this area, I have recommended this book to my clients. This well-structured, easy-to-read book is an excellent introduction to concepts of Supply Chain Management. Its target audience, executives who must learn about supply chain in order to make strategic decisions, could be expanded to include any person who wants or needs to learn about supply chain. I highly recommend it as a first book for any project manager who is new to this are.
The book contains 8 chapters, each with a similar structure: a list of the learning and performance objectives of preceding the actual content, which is presented in a logical and interesting way. The content is accompanied by helpful diagrams and a series of examples or case studies labeled "Executive Insight" or "In the Real World". It also contains lists of helpful "Tips and Techniques".
The author begins with an overview of the general concepts of Supply Chain Management. One of the objectives of this chapter is to be able to "Start an intelligent conversation about supply chain management issues in your company" It is a tall order, and the author succeeds, introducing the neophyte to the basic concepts of Production, Inventory, Location, Transportation and Inventory with clear and concise prose. In a very interesting example, Hugos uses the story of Alexander the Great to illustrate how a good supply chain functions.
The following 4 chapters systematically cover the basics of supply chain: Planning and Sourcing, Making and Delivering, Coordination and Technology and Supply Chain Metrics. Each of these chapters takes up the fundamental concepts involved and explains them in a simple and understandable fashion. For those that are reading this book as an introduction to supply chain, there will be many an "aha"of understanding as you read along. Of particular interest for the IT project manager, Hugos explains at length what the various technologies are that serve the supply chain.
In the final 2 chapters the author assists the reader in analyzing the type of market(s) that their company targets, and how to determine and plan for a supply chain to succesfully serve them. As well, the chapter includes a number of usefel tools and techniques that can be used to plan out a supply chain project. Most project managers should find this section to be very useful. He closes the book with a look to the future, and uses the concept of "Emergent Behavior" to make predictions about supply chains of the future. He explains how supply chains will develop "Self Adjusting Feedback Loops", using automation to keep information constantly flowing around the loop.
I highly recommend this book to anyone who wants to know more about Supply Chain Management. It will be helpful in particular to project managers and IT professionals who want to work in the manufacturing sector. It is well thought out and eminently readable!
Kevin Callahan, The PMCi

Great coverage of 'the nuts and bolts'.
The book focuses on operational and tactical aspects of supply chain management. The coverage is clear, logical and highlights key points well. Each chapter ends with a summary. There is a wealth of figures, tips and techniques and explanatory "boxes", all of which are concise, relevant and useful.
Supply chain management has moved rapidly from 'poor relation' to high strategy, driving strategic alliances and involving world wide logistics. This book does no more than touch on these wider strategic issues; its concern is with the fundamentals which provide the platform on which strategy can be successful. It succeeds admirably within its objectives.

Enlightened!
As a person with little time lately for personal reading, I have to be judicious about my reading adventures. I feel that Mr. Hugos created a very "easy read", while providing ample information about his topic to educate the person "on the go".

My profession involves interfacing with CIOs daily, and I can now feel more confident in my acumen around the Supply Chain Management space. I think Mr. Hugos accomplished his objective of enlightening executives about this topic, w/o using the "techno-speak" that often chases them away. Overall, I highly recommend this book, and I am interested in finding out more about the "Essentials" series.

Mr. Hugos, I thank you!