TY - BOOK AU - Arnold,J.R.Tony AU - Chapman,Stephen N. AU - Clive,Lloyd M. TI - Introduction to materials management / SN - 9780132668873 U1 - 658.70722 22 PY - 2012/// CY - Boston : PB - Prentice Hall, KW - Materials management N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; 1. Introduction to Materials Management -- 2. Production Planning System -- 3. Master Scheduling -- 4. Material Requirements Planning -- 5. Capacity Management -- 6. Production Activity Control -- 7. Purchasing -- 8. Forecasting -- 9. Inventory Fundamentals -- 10. Order Quantities -- 11. Independent Demand Ordering Systems. -- 12. Physical Inventory and Warehouse Management -- 13. Physical Distribution -- 14. Products and Processes -- 15. Just-in-Time Manufacturing and Lean Production -- 16. Total Quality Management N2 - Introduction to Materials Management, Seventh Edition covers all the essentials of modern supply chain management, manufacturing planning and control systems, purchasing, and physical distribution. Clearly written and exceptionally user-friendly, its content, examples, questions, and problems lead students step-by-step to mastery. This edition's extensive updates include: new techniques, technology, and case studies; reorganized and expanded coverage of lean production and JIT manufacturing; new information on sustainability and “green” production; use of INCOTERMS for global supply chains; revised end-of-chapter problems, and more. 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 ER -