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Introduction to Materials Management, 4th Edition
SubjectMaterials Science
ISBN/SKU0130144908
AuthorJ.R. Tony Arnold, Stephen N. Chapman
PublisherPrentice Hall PTR
Publish DateAugust 2000
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Summary

New features for this edition:

  • marginal icon to note key concepts
  • key terms listed at the end of the chapter with chapter page cross-references
  • expanded coverage of key topics: kanban, supply chain concepts, system selection, theory of constraints and drum-buffer-rope, and need for new products
  • chapter references to case studies in Introduction to Materials Management Casebook

Other features of this text:

  • example problems within the chapters
  • chapter summaries
  • questions and problems at the end of each chapter

This text has been widely adopted by colleges and universities, not only in North America but also in other parts of the world. The text is listed in the American Production and Inventory Control Society's CPIM Exam Content Manual as the text reference for the Basics of Supply Chain Management CPIM certification examination. Production and inventory control societies in other countries, including South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Taiwan, Germany, France, and Brazil, also use this text.
Table of Contents
(Note: Each Chapter includes an Introduction, Summary, Key Terms, Questions, and Problems.)

1. Introduction to Materials Management.

Operating Environment. The Supply Chain Concept. What Is Materials Management?



2. Production Planning System.

Manufacturing Planning and Control System. Sales and Operations Planning (SOP). Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP II). Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). Making the Production Plan.



3. Master Scheduling.

Relationship to Production Plan. Developing a Master Production Schedule. Production Planning, Master Scheduling, and Sales.



4. Material Requirements Planning.

Bills of Material. Material Requirements Planning Process. Using the Material Requirements Plan.



5. Capacity Management.

Definition of Capacity. Capacity Planning. Capacity Requirements Planning (CRP). Capacity Available. Capacity Required (Load). Schedule Orders. Making the Plan.



6. Production Activity Control.

Data Requirements Order Preparation. Scheduling. Load Leveling. Scheduling Bottlenecks. Theory of Contraints and Drum-Buffer-Rope. Implementation. Control. Production Reporting.



7. Purchasing.

Establishing Specifications. Functional Specification Description. Selecting Suppliers. Price Determination. Impact of Material Requirements Planning on Purchasing.



8. Forecasting.

Demand Management. Demand Forecasting. Characteristics of Demand. Principles of Forecasting. Collection and Prepartation of Data. Forecasting Techniques. Some Important Intrinsic Techniques. Seasonality. Tracking the Forecast.



9. Inventory Fundamentals.

Aggregate Inventory Management. Item Inventory Management. Inventory and the Flow of Material. Supply and Demand Patterns. Functions of Inventory Management. Inventory Costs. Financial Statements and Inventory. ABC Inventory Control.



10. Order Quantities.

Econimic-Order Quantity (EOQ). Variations of the EOQ Model. Quanitity Discounts. Use of EOQ When Costs are Not Known. Period-Order Quantity (POQ).



11. Independent Demand Ordering Systems.

Order Point System. Determining Safety Stock. Determining Service Levels. Different Forecast and Lead-Time Intervals. Determining When the Order Point is Reached. Periodic Review System. Distribution Inventory.



12. Physical Inventory and Warehouse Management.

Warehouse Management. Physical Control and Security. Inventory Record Accuracy.



13. Physical Distribution.

Physical Distribution System. Interfaces. Transportation. Legal Types of Carriage. Transportation Cost Elements. Warehousing. Packaging. Materials Handling. Multi-Warehouse Systems.



14. Products and Processes.

Need for New Products. Product Development Principles. Product Specification and Design. Process Design. Factors Specification and Design. Processing Equipment. Process Systems. Selecting the Process. Continuous Process Improvement (CPI).



15. Just-In-Time Manufacturing.

Just-In-Time Philosophy. Waste. Just-in-Time Environment. Manufacturing Planning and Control in a JIT Environment. Which to Choose—MPR (ERP), Kanban, or Theory of Contraints.



16. Total Quality Management.

What Is Quality? Total Quality Management (TQM). Quality Cosr Concepts. Variation as a Way of Life. Process Capability. Process Control. Smaple Inspection. ISO 9000. Benchmarking. JIT, TQM, and MRP II.



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