SCIENTIFIC WRITING (Spring 2019)

HOMEWORK 2: COLLECTING RESOURCES

Thái Trí Nhân – IELSIU16001

My topic: Supply chain management.

1. Book:
o Author(s): Chopra, S., & Meindl, P.
o Year of publication: 2016
o Book title: Supply chain management: Strategy, planning, and operation, sixth
edition.
o City of publication: New York
o Publisher: Pearson Education
o Reasons for selection: This book not only covers high-level supply chain strategy
and concepts, but also gives a solid understanding of the analytical tools
necessary to solve supply chain problems.

2. Book:
o Author(s): Johnson & Leenders & Flynn
o Year of publication: 2011
o Book title: Purchasing and supply management, fourteenth edition.
o City of publication: New York
o Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies
o Reasons for selection: This book covers the role of Purchasing and Procurement
in Supply Chain Management like purchasing procedures, supplier sourcing and
management, negotiations, supplier relationships, specifying product quality,
matching supply with demand and support tools for purchasing and
procurement.

3. Book:
o Author(s): Christopher, M.
o Year of publication: 2011
o Book title: Logistics & supply chain management, fourth edition.
o City of publication: Harlow
o Publisher: Pearson Education Limited
o Reasons for selection: This textbook focuses on managing relationships across
the complex networks that today’s supply chains have become as well as the
value creation and adaptability of supply chain in a modern world.
4. Book:
o Author(s): Levy & Weitz
o Year of publication: 2012
o Book title: Retailing management, eighth edition.
o City of publication: New York
o Publisher: McGraw-Hill/Irwin
o Reasons for selection: Retailing Management is an important part of Supply chain
management and this textbook focuses on the strategic issues facing the retail
industry and provides a current, informative, “good read” for students.

5. Book:
o Author(s): Coyle & Novack & Gibson & Bardi
o Year of publication: 2011
o Book title: Transportation: A supply chain perspective, seventh edition.
o City of publication: Mason, OH
o Publisher: South-Western Cengage Learning
o Reasons for selection: Transportation is an important part in Supply chain process
and this textbook tries its best to capture the new transportation environment in
both domestic and global arenas,as well as to highlight some of the emerging
trends in the field.

6. Book:
o Author(s): Axsäter, S.
o Year of publication: 2015
o Book title: Inventory control, third edition.
o City of publication: Cham
o Publisher: Springer International Publishing Switzerland
o Reasons for selection: Inventory management is one of the most important parts
in Supply chain mangagement and this textbook tries its best to give the readers
a thorough understanding of relevant inventory models and inventory control
techniques.