This textbook, now in its third edition, provides comprehensive coverage of the different aspects of materials management in a student-friendly manner. The book gives a clear introduction to materials management, and discusses topics such as classification, codification, specifications and standardization of materials.
Besides explaining the fundamental principles of stores management and materials handling, the text provides an in-depth analysis of inventory control with illustrative examples. It also highlights the principles of purchasing, the nature of the purchasing process, value analysis and quality assurance.
Intended primarily for the undergraduate and postgraduate students of production engineering/industrial management and engineering, and postgraduate students of management, this book would also be useful to practising managers.
New to this edition:
- Incorporates two new chapters on Supply Chain Management and Customer Relationship Management.
- Includes four new case studies in inventory control.
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Verlagsort
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Editions-Typ
Maße
Höhe: 235 mm
Breite: 178 mm
Dicke: 50 mm
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ISBN-13
978-81-203-4841-7 (9788120348417)
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Schweitzer Klassifikation
A.K. Chitale, Ph.D., is former Director and Academic Advisor, GSIMR, Indore, India. Dr. Chitale has more than four decades of teaching and research experience in mechanical engineering and production engineering. He has authored a number of books on these subjects. Of these, Product Design and Manufacturing, Materials Management: Text and Cases, Product Policy and Brand Management and Organizational Behaviour: Text and Cases have been published by PHI Learning.
R.C. Gupta, PhD, is Professor and Head, Department of Industrial and Production Engineering, SGSITS, Indore, India. He is also a Fellow of the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants (ICWA), Kolkata, and a member of the Institution of Engineers (India). He is the co-author of Materials Management: Text and Cases and Product Design and Manufacturing, Sixth Edition, published by PHI Learning.
