Manufacturing Planning and Control Systems

Author: Thomas E. Vollmann, William L. Berry, D. Clay Whybark
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ISBN: 0786312092
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Trade (01 March, 1997)
Sales Rank: 38,736
Average Customer Rating: 4.25 out of 5

Customer Reviews

Rating: 4 out of 5
Instructor
Great book for all Industrial engineers. It does not get completely complicated and relates directly to common day industry practices.


Rating: 4 out of 5
A classic field handbook for manufacturing professionals
This textbook, which has been around for a number of years and has undergone a few revisions, has become the standard preparatory text for APICS tests and college-level production/operations management courses in dozens of universities.

The content is very broad - it covers almost the entire gamut of P/OM topics to some degree. That may be the only drawback to this book: it so broad in its topical coverage that there may be examples where the authors could have gone deeper in their presentation on specific subjects.

But even so, this charactertistic of being "100 miles wide and a few miles deep" works very well for readers who need a comprehensive primer on P/OM. That would include people just entering the field, or those that need to undestand the primary subject matters and areas of study, to point them in new directions.

I highly recommend this book as a foundation reference guide to your business library. Again, I know of many books that may be deeper in specific areas of P/OM, but I know of no book that encompasses so many topics and does and admirable job of presenting those topics. I would also caution the seasoned, highly-read P/OM professional in buying this book, but leave it for those newcomers to the field.


Rating: 5 out of 5
An excellent reference and resource - A "current classic"
This book is a classic: depth of information over a broad body of knowledge.

The error mentioned by another reviewer appears on p. 488: the "L-bar" term should be squared. Verifying dimensional homogeneity [i.e.that units of measure calculate consistently across the expression and result in "items" {whatever units demand is carried = units of safety stock}]) would alert a reader quickly that the product in the first term is incorrect.

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