Operations and Supply Chain Management Essentials You Always Wanted to Know

by Ashley McDonough

After reading this book, you will be able to answer the following What is Operations and Supply Chain Management and why is it important?What are the key functions within this field, and how do they interact with one another and the broader business? What are the responsibilities and decisions that managers in each functional area think about? How will disruptions in the Supply Chain impact the business world and our lives going forward?What are the practical applications of the knowledge gained around Supply Chain Operations?Have you ever wondered what your peers meant by “Supply Chain” or “Operations”, or why either of these fields matter? What about people that work in these roles – what do they actually do? In Operations and Supply Chain Management Essentials You Always Wanted to Know these questions will be answered, and more.This practical, yet simple, guide uses a hypothetical company and the consumer product they make, to explain how the various functions within the Supply Chain intertwine and contribute to bring a finished product to life for consumers in the market. You don’t need a management background to understand our story of how new demands, changing preferences, and unforeseen circumstances force this fictional company to adapt in order to survive. By posing questions that Supply Chain Operations Manager’s face, you will start to think like a Supply Chain Operations professional, whether it be in professional or personal applications. You may not be inspired to make a career shift into these areas or chat Supply Chain topics at the dinner table, however, you will gain an understanding and appreciation for how these activities make everyday products and services at our disposal – and why this is increasingly important for companies to pay attention to.About the SeriesThe Self-Learning Management series is designed to help students, new managers, career switchers and entrepreneurs learn essential management lessons. This series is designed to address every aspect of business from HR to Finance to Marketing to Operations, be it any industry. Each book includes basic fundamentals, important concepts, standard and well-known principles as well as practical ways of application of the subject matter. The distinctiveness of the series lies in that all the relevant information is bundled in a compact form that is very easy to interpret.

Genres: Business

196 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 22, 2019

Reviews

[Aman Farooqui · Rating 5 out of 5]

Review

Operations and supply chain management essentials by Ashley Mcdonough from vibrant publication.

The book contain 8 chapter and every chapter has 3 to 4 topics.
Every chapter explain very nicely it helps to improve your Operations and Supply Chain Management skills.
I found the cover to be attractive, blurb is concise and to the point, and the cover give the blurb the content of the book.

It also gives many examples within the industry to help relate to practical applications.

Highly recommended to all the student who have to study Operations and Supply Chain Management subject.

[Seb · Rating 5 out of 5]

Simple & easy to understand

The author has done a great job at taking easy to understand examples to illustrate how each phase of the supply chain impacts a business

[Sengpheng · Rating 4 out of 5]

it's good book for reading about planing and control

[Priya · Rating 4 out of 5]

Operations and supply chain management is a courageous step in the field of making beginners understand the intricacies of complex supply chain systems.

The wide research and array of comprehensive topics supported by useful examples does well in making one well versed with the operation concepts

Though the book is strictly for beginners and won't cater to someone who is going to rely on it entirely for advanced study

[Alex Teichman · Rating 2 out of 5]

2.5