Recommended Reading List

Supply Chain
Advanced Supply Chain Management - How to Build a Sustained Competitive Advantage, Charles C. Poirier
Basics of Supply Chain Management, Lawrence D. Fredendall and Ed Hill
Handbook of Supply Chain Management, James B. Ayers


ERP Software Selection
A Guide to Software Package Evaluation and Selection - the R2ISC Method, Nathan Hollander


ERP System Implementation
ERP - Tools, Techniques and Applications for Integrating the Supply Chain, Carol A. Ptak, CFPIM, CIRM and Eli Schragenheim
Enterprise Resources Planning and Beyond - Integrating Your Entire Organization, Gary Langenwalter, CFPIM, CIRM
The Evolution of a Manufacturing System at Toyota, Takahiro Fujimoto
ERP: Making it Happen - The Implementer's Guide to Success with Enterprise Resources Planning, Thomas F. Wallace and Michael Kremzar.
The Executive's Guide to Successful MRP II - Revised Edition, Oliver Wight


Lean Manufacturing
Lean Manufacturing, William Feld
Lean Thinking, James P. Womack and Daniel T. Jones
First, Break All the Rules, Marcus Buckingham and Curt Coffman
The Kaizen Blitz, Anthony C. Laria, Patricia E. Moody and Robert W. Hall


Inventory Management
Basics of Inventory Management - From Warehouse to Distribution Center, J. David Viale, CPIM
Best Practice in Inventory Management, Tony Wild
Inventory Classification Innovation - Paving the Way for Electronic Commerce and Vendor-Managed Inventory, Russell G. Broeckelmann


Shop Floor Control
Applying Manufacturing Execution Systems, Michael McClellan, CPIM
Capacity Management, John H. Blackstone Jr., CPIM
Finite Capacity Scheduling - Management, Selection and Implementation, Gerhard Plenert, CPIM and Bill Kirchmeir
Making Manufacturing Cells Work, Lee R. Nyman, Editor


Purchasing
The Executive's Guide to Supply Management Strategies - Building Supply Chain Thinking into All Business Processes, David A. Riggs and Shaon L. Robbins
How to Conduct Supplier Surveys and Audits, Janet L. Przirembel
Purchasing and Supply Management, Text and Cases, Donald W. Dobler and David N. Burt