books about: logistics     books:       Value Stream Management10 reviews Don Tapping, Tom Luyster, ... Productivity Press, 2002 Good primer I use this book in my lean manufacturing class. It has good practical examples and a useful method for doing lean using the value stream mapping approach. I highly receommend this book for the first timers. I think someone who has no experience could get started using this book.             Alexander the Great and the Logistics of the Macedonian Army17 reviews Donald W. Engels Univ of California Pr, 1978 A Welcome Insight into Alexander's Logistics Genius Alexander's logistics management during his unprecedented (and unmatched) military campaign is something that's easily overlooked considering the reams of books about virtually everything else about Alexander. But this seemingly mundane subject matter turns out to be one of the most fascinating aspects of Alexander's truly multi-faceted genius. This book provides a great insight in layman's terms ...             Five Future Strategies You Need Right Now (Memo to the Ceo)7 reviews George Stalk Harvard Business School Press, 2008 Immediate Impact George Stalk hits a home run with this little volume entitled "5 Future Strategies You Need Right Now". Stalk's approach, with John Butman's able support, gets to the heart of the matter immediately. Each chapter begins with a compelling challenge, setting an immediate tension. All examples are real and relatable. Stalk doesn't give easy formulaic answers. Instead, my creative imagination and ...             My Cup Runneth Over : Setting Goals For Single Parents and Working Couples13 reviews Daryl D. Green Performance Management & Logistics Associates, 1998 This book was wonderful! I've read Darryl's book twice and refer to it often. The entire goalsetting approach is particularly useful. The book is very well-written, quite easy to follow, and applicable to most any person. It is truly a gift from above.             Streamlined: 14 Principles for Building & Managing the Lean Supply Chain12 reviews Mandyam M. Srinivasan South-Western Educational Pub, 2004 Excellent textbook for an advanced undergarduate course as well as MBA courses I have adopted "streamlined" for an advanced topics in management course on lean supply chains. The challenge of finding a book that goes beyond the abstract concepts to more detailed and parctical steps for implementation has been greatly alleviated by "streamlined." Dr. Srinivasan provides the reader and the student in particular with a very well thought out and written text. My students' ...             Lean Six Sigma for Supply Chain Management8 reviews James William Martin McGraw-Hill Professional, 2006 Lean Six Sigma for Supply Chain Management This is most definitely a book for Supply Chain and Operations Management practitioners. If the reader is looking for a high level review of the subject matter, I would not recommend this book. This book is a serious, dense study of the material with practical applications and techniques. Of the various industry texts that I have read, this is probably the "slowest read" mostly because ...             Business Logistics Management7 reviews Ronald H. Ballou Pearson US Imports & PHIPEs, 1991 A thorough textbook This a very usefull book that helps you to get a handle on the main issues of Logistics. Its treatment of the issues is deep but easy to read. A profitable bought.             These Old Shades54 reviews Heyer Georgette Clearway Logistics Remainders If You Like to Laugh Read This I realize that Georgette Heyer is a woman's author, but I still feel compelled to suggest this to anyone who likes to escape into wonderful humor regardsless of the reader's sex. Many years ago my wife picked up a book by this writer, read it in one night, and insisted on getting everything else available. After being kept awake by her night long bouts of laughter, I decided I could either get ...             Strategic Supply Management: Creating the Next Source of Competitive Advantage8 reviews Robert J. Trent J. Ross Publishing, 2007 The most useful supply management book I have read This book is a complete guide to supply management for any purchasing professional or student. It effectively addresses all the pressures supply professionals face today and provides actionable solutions. The book provides a holistic view of supply management but also gives specific tools and identifies additional resources for more in-depth research. Specifically, I found the tools for supplier ...             Castle of Llyr49 reviews Lloyd Alexander Clearway Logistics Phase 10-12 Great Kid's Book As a kid I read the Prydain books again and again. I can't resist some Harry Potter comparisons, and since they make a good common point of reference, I'll use the device here. The Prydain books aren't quite as exciting and magical as HP, but they have many of the same coming of age problems expressed through allegory, and frankly I find the characters better developed, more humorous, and more ...             Lean Logistics: The Nuts And Bolts Of Delivering Materials And Goods5 reviews Michel Baudin Productivity Press, 2005 Practical and real solutions for real challenges Lean Thinking originated from TPS and is well spread in the manufacturing world, with a lot of information on how to improve manufacturing. For logistics however, many Lean tools don't apply; on the other hand there are aspects more specific to logistics, which are not well addressed by the manufacturing-oriented Lean literature. This book fills the gap and is well written. It is: -specific ...             Logistic Regression Using the SAS System : Theory and Application6 reviews Paul D. Allison SAS Publishing, 1999 You can get by with just this one If you need to understand logistic regression analysis and you must do it in SAS, then you must have this book. Gives clear, concise explanation of logistic regression, how to accomplish it in SAS, and explains the details of the SAS results. This book had me up and running in short order.             The Agile Virtual Enterprise: Cases, Metrics, Tools4 reviews H T. Goranson Quorum Books, 1999 This book deals with a topic at the core of agility Since 1994, at least nine books have been published dealing with the topic of agility or agile manufacturing. The first book, published in 1994 was my own, Agile Manufacturing: Forging New Frontiers (Addison-Wesley). The ninth, published in 1999, entitled The Agile Virtual Enterprise: Cases, Metrics and Tools (Quorum Books) is by Ted Goranson. I have all nine on my bookshelf and I have read ...             Glossary of Supply Chain Terminology A Dictionary On Technology, Logistics, Transportation, Warehousing, ...4 reviews Philip Obal Industrial Data & Information Inc. IDII, 2006 An excellent addition to my library The terminology in this industry seems endless. So it's great to have something for reference when unfamiliar terms or phrases are brought into conversation. I would recommend this for anyone who wants to gain familiarity with the buzzwords of the industry. It seems like a perfect tool for college graduates who don't want to be caught off guard in a job interview. And it also is great for ...             Container management within the total distribution system: The Desert Storm model (USAWC Military Studies ...6 reviews James S Ebertowski U.S. Army War College, 1992 Wonderful book! This book is so fun to read! My 9 month old baby boy loves to touch the caterpillars and turn the pages himself. The butterflys at the end of the book are a great surprise for him. Highly recommended!             Regression Methods in Biostatistics: Linear, Logistic, Survival, and Repeated Measures Models (Statistics for ...5 reviews, ... Springer, 2007 very good book, compact but comprehensive This book covers a wide range of topics in Biostatistics, in a comprehensive, but not overwhelming way. In my opinion this book has the potential of being useful to a broad audience, from Statisticians to other professionals who do health related research.             Harvard Business Review on Supply Chain Management (Harvard Business Review Paperback Series)4 reviews Harvard Business School Press Harvard Business School Press, 2006 Harvard Business Review on Supply Chain Management I thought the book presented several interesting examples through eight papers covering various supply chain topics. Several of the papers have appendices with very useful information. This is a good book to take on a plane and read on one or two flights. But, subsequent research would be required to obtain the details necessary to actually implement the concepts.             On-demand Supply Management: World-class Strategies, Practices and Technology4 reviews Douglas A. Smock, Robert A. Rudzki, ... J. Ross Publishing, 2007 Perfect Merger of Technology Tools with Supply Management This book is a very practical set of guideposts for meshing technology with Supply Management. If only we had this book when implementing our complex supply management processes we could have gone much faster with far fewer serious missteps. Not only does it hit the strategic choices that must be made ahead of time, but it also deals with implementation and provides alerts for common mistakes. ...             Extending The Supply Chain: How Cutting-Edge Companies Bridge the Critical Last Mile into Customers' Homes4 reviews, ... AMACOM/American Management Association, 2004 The new age for supply chains This book provides great insight from "industry leaders" on how to promise and deliver product sold through the Internet. Many of the early adopters of Internet based sales systems failed to consider the difficulties of integrating a new system into their existing strategy. Extending the Supply Chain provides great examples of both failures and successes in industry, as well as, outline a ...             Supply Chain Architecture: A Blueprint for Networking the Flow of Material, Information, and Cash5 reviews CRC, 2004 An Excellent Guide to Planning a Supply Chain "Thus do many calculations lead to victory, and few calculations to defeat ... it is by attention to this point that I can foresee who is likely to win or lose." Sun Tzu's admonition applies to business campaigns as well as to military battles, and the Supply Chain professional seeking victory for the company and its operations develops a comprehensive plan for doing business battle. "Supply ...              search for books advantage, application, architecture, biostatistics, competitive, container, cutting-edge, delivering, dictionary, distribution, enterprise, information, macedonian, management, manufacturing, materials, networking, paperback, principles, purchasing, regression, statistics, strategic, strategies, streamlined, technology, terminology, transportation, warehousing, world-class books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. I have used it and love it! randomly chosen VHS: Third Degree Burn home  impressum - about us