Designing & Managing the
Supply Chain
Top MBA Class Book
Authors: David Simchi-Levi (MIT), Philip
Kaminsky (University of California, Berkeley) and Edith Simchi-Levi (ILOG)
Publisher: McGraw-Hill, 2003-2007
ISBN:
0-07-284553-8
- Business 2.0, December 2001, selected the book as the best
source for slashing time and costs and increasing productivity in the supply chain
- Winner of the Book-of-the-Year Award, and Outstanding IIE
Publication Award
given in 2000 by the Institute of Industrial Engineers
- Winner of the Outstanding First Edition of the Year Award
given in 2000 by McGraw-Hill/Irwin
- Selected as the source
for slashing time and costs and increasing productivity in the
supply chain.
Business 2.0, December 2001
The book includes many classic and new case studies, numerous
examples as well as in-depth analysis of some of the technical
issues involved in inventory management, network design and
strategic partnering, to name a few. Since many companies view
supply chain management as the core of their business strategy, this
book is of interest to managers involved in any of the processes
that make up the supply chain. It is also an ideal textbook for
classes on supply chain management at the undergraduate, masters and
MBA levels. The book comes with two computerized games - the
Computerized Beer Game and the The RiskPool Game.
Topics covered include:
- Supply chain integration
- Strategic Partnering
- Decision Support Systems
- Information technology
- Customer value and service
- Supply chain design
- Product Design for Logistics
- Managing inventory in the supply chain
- Distribution management
- International Logistics
New Features for third edition:
The 3rd edition represents a substantial revision. While the structure and philosophy were kept intact, the authors placed an increasing importance on finding or developing effective frameworks that illustrate many important supply chain issues. At the same time, motivated by new developments in industry, they added material on a variety of topics new to the book while increasing the coverage of others.
Read a
review of the
book published by the
Supply Chain Management Review Journal.