Business book list.The books listed below have been reviewed by a team of supply management professionals and academic reviewers, and have been found to be relevant to supply managers and their functions. Similar books will be reviewed regularly, and new books added to the list on a quarterly basis. The complete list can be found on the ISM See ISM band. Web site at www.ism.ws. The books on this list are not offered for sale by ISM. Contact the publisher or your local bookstore for more information. New Directions in Supply-Chain Management Tonya Boone and Ram Caneshan, Eds., AMACOM AMACOM American Management Association , New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of , NY, 2002, www.amanet.org/books In the past several years, new developments in technology have completely revolutionized supply chain design, management, and control. With companies using technological innovations to new supply chain initiatives, it is clear that there is money to be saved and processes to be streamlined. This book is a collection of articles on current practices and future directions in supply chain management written by 18 top scholars, and takes a look at the paradigm shifts that technology has created in supply chain management. Purchasing & Supply Management (12th Edition) Michiel R. Leenders, Harold E. Fearon, Anna E. Flynn, and P. Fraser Johnson, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY, 2002, www.mheducation.com/professional.html The 12th edition of this text continues the prime objective of providing readers with an up-to-date strategic and practical perspective on purchasing and supply Purchasing and Supply can have several different definitions. According to the Institute for Supply Management (ISM) [1], purchasing is defined as a major function of an organization that is responsible for acquisition of required materials, services, and equipment. management. The growth of the Internet and Web-based supply solutions have provided new challenges for supply executives and are addressed in this new edition, as are the "older" issues of market shortages and overages, price escalation, and global competition. A new chapter on e-commerce has been added, as have 30 new cases to properly reflect the major challenges today faced by supply practitioners and academics. The Science of High-Performance Supplier Management Randy A. Moore, AMACOM, New York, NY, 2002, www.amanet.org/books How are supply management executives supposed to get great performance and reasonable costs from suppliers? The book discusses a scientific, repeatable process that is based on practices developed in the procurement of Ugh-technology systems, extended to all large-scale purchasing operations. The approach takes a strategic view, emphasizing disciplined procurement techniques that take supply management executives through every facet of the buying operation. Six Sigma Not to be confused with Sigma 6. Six Sigma is a set of practices originally developed by Motorola to systematically improve processes by eliminating defects.[1] A defect is defined as nonconformity of a product or service to its specifications. for Managers Greg Brue, McGraw-Hill, New York, NY, 2002, www.mheducation.com/professional.html Six Sigma statistically measures and reflects true process capability, correlating to such characteristics as defects per unit and probabilities of success and failure. Its value is in transforming cultural outlooks from complacency to accomplishment across the spectrum of industry. This book assists managers in achieving greater growth and improved customer service by using Six Sigma. Best Practice Procurement Andrew Erridge, Ruth Fee, and John McIlroy, Eds., Gower Publishing, Inc., Burlington, VT, 2001, www.gowerpub.com Best-practice procurement is a key contributor to any organization's strategic goals, but requirements and experience differ between sectors. This book provides a range of perspectives on subjects central to improving purchasing and supply management performance across public and private, and manufacturing and service sectors. It discusses supply chain management, outsourcing and partnership, organization and management, electronic commerce, and performance evaluation Performance evaluation The assessment of a manager's results, which involves, first, determining whether the money manager added value by outperforming the established benchmark (performance measurement) and, second, determining how the money manager achieved the calculated return . The eManager: Value Chain Management in an eCommerce World Gerhard Plenart, Blackhall Publishing, Los Angeles Los Angeles (lôs ăn`jələs, lŏs, ăn`jəlēz'), city (1990 pop. 3,485,398), seat of Los Angeles co., S Calif.; inc. 1850. , CA, 2001, www.blackhallpublishing.com/framed.htm An eManager is a world-class manager who makes change happen, rather than one that is affected by change. The next wave of changes in the supply management field has focused on e-commerce that will result in major environment-changing events such as a globalized management style and a core competency A core competency is something that a firm can do well and that meets the following three conditions specified by Hamel and Prahalad (1990):
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