TY - BOOK AU - Fredendall,Lawrence D. AU - Hill,Ed TI - Basics of supply chain management T2 - The St. Lucie Press/APICS series on resource management SN - 1040180507 AV - HD38.5 .F738 2001 U1 - 658.7 21 PY - 2001/// CY - Boca Raton, Fla., Alexandria, Va. PB - St. Lucie Press, APICS KW - Business logistics KW - Materials management N1 - Description based upon print version of record; Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-229) and index; Front Cover; Contents; Preface; The Authors; About APICS; 1. Introduction; 2. Management Basics; 3. Performance Measures; 4. Variance and Dependent Events; 5. Basics of Quality Management; 6. Operating Environments; 7. Basics of Constraints Management; 8. The Customer Linkage; 9. Design and Managementof the Transformation; 10. Planning, Controlling, and Improving the Supply Chain; 11. The Synchronized Supply Chain; 12. Partnering with Suppliers; 13. Quality Management; 14. Work Teams; 15. Materials Management; 16. Purchasing and Distribution; https://doi.org/10.1201/9781420025767; 17. Information Technology and Supply Chain Management18. Summary; References and Further Readings; Index N2 - An introduction to concepts and methods used to manage the complete flow of materials within an organization and throughout the supply chain. Material reflects three major changes that facilitate communication with and coordination among independent suppliers in each supply chain: communication technology, management paradigms that streamline suppl UR - https://doi.org/10.1201/9781420025767 ER -