Jacobs F.R et al. Manufacturing Planning and Control for Supply Chain Management

McGraw-Hill Professional, 2011. — 576 p. — ISBN: 0071750312, 9780071750318Improve supply chain effectiveness, productivity, customer satisfaction, and profitability with help from this authoritative resource. Completely up-to-date, : APICS/CPIM Certification Edition offers comprehensive preparation for the challenging CPIM exam with hundreds of practice exam questions and detailed case studies. In-depth coverage of manufacturing planning and control (MPC) best practices and the latest research gives you the competitive advantage in today's global manufacturing environment, and helps you to obtain the coveted CPIM designation.Covers the state of the art in manufacturing, including:
Manufacturing planning and control
Enterprise resource planning
Demand management
Forecasting
Sales and operations planning
Master production scheduling
Material requirements planning
Capacity planning and management
Production activity control
Advanced scheduling
Just-in-time
Distribution requirements planning
Management of supply chain logistics
Order point inventory control methods
Strategy and MPC system designF. Robert Jacobs is a professor at the Kelley School Business, Indiana University. He has served on the APICS board of directors and was a key author of the APICS Body of Knowledge Framework. Mr. Jacobs is coauthor of previous editions of Manufacturing Planning and Control for Supply Chain Management and coauthor of Operations and Supply Chain Management.
William L. Berry is an emeritus professor at The Ohio State University and coauthor of previous editions of Manufacturing Planning and Control for Supply Chain Management.
D. Clay Whybark is an emeritus professor at the University of North Carolina and coauthor of previous editions of Manufacturing Planning and Control for Supply Chain Management.
Thomas E. Vollmann was a professor at IMD and coauthor of previous editions of Manufacturing Planning and Control for Supply Chain Management.