World Class Supply Management: The Key to Supply Chain Management with Student CD (Cases)
Author: David N. Burt, Donald W. Dobler, Stephen L. Starling
List Price: $130.65
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ISBN: 0072831561
Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin (19 July, 2002)
Sales Rank: 386,760
Average Customer Rating: 4.25 out of 5
Customer Reviews
Rating: 4 out of 5
Good reference but outdated
My instructor at college who is on the Board of NAPM made this the class text. The book is obsolete from its discussion of technology in purchasing but otherwise is good. It emphasizes qualitative methods and is very soft on quantitative analysis of practical business problems. There is a shortage of case studies but overall this is a good book.Being useful to take the NAPM exam, NAPM has expanded some definitions in the book that are not commonly held in other college courses. For example, my instructor docked me 10 points on a question asking for the 4 elements of a contract,which are different from what commercial law and the UCC dictate. NAPM has redefined some terms so be wary.
Rating: 3 out of 5
Average, not great
At over $100 this is an expensive book. It has some good information, being useful for Modules 1& 2 of the National Association of Purchasing Managers (NAPM) exams but is quite repetitive in its jargon. Much of what is discussed is generally known by anyone with any significant work experience. More calculations and hard data might be helpful. The book itself is of rugged construction and well made and of convenient size for portable reading.
Rating: 5 out of 5
Thankyou MR. DOBLER
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