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What are some good books for purchasing and supply chain management?
I work in the field and Im looking for some best practices type books to freshen up my knowledge. Are there any recommendations out there? Thanks Topics Operations Supply Chain Management

Answer This Question Tim Jennings asked on March 25, 2010

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Randy Briesath Posted on March 30, 2010

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Any business reading list should start with Good to Great. Dry but good reads are "The Purchasing Machine" by Nelson, Moody, Stegner. "The Incredible Payback" by Neson, Moody, Stegner. "Balanced Sourcing" by Tim Laseter. Reply to this answer 0

Dominique Assouline Posted on March 26, 2010 Tim, Are you looking for books on Supply Chain only or Lean Supply Chain including six Sigma ? Dominique

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Kristen Hintz Posted on March 31, 2010 Classic Articles: 1. Fisher, Marshall L., What is the Right Supply Chain for Your Product? Harvard Business Review, Mar/Apr, 1997, Vol. 75, Issue 2, pp. 105-116. 2. Hayes, Robert H. and Wheelwright, Steven C., Link Manufacturing Process and Product Life Cycles, Harvard Business Review, Jan/Feb, 1979, Vol. 57, Issue 1, pp. 133-140. 3. Kraljic, Peter, Purchasing Must Become Supply Management, Harvard Business Review, September, 1983, pp. 109-117. 4. Lee, Hau L., Padmanabhan, V.and Wang, Seungjin, The Bullwhip Effect in Supply Chains, Sloan Management Review, Spring, 1997, Vol. 38, Issue 3, pp. 93-102. 5. Wheelwright, Steven C. and Hayes, Robert H., Competing Through Manufacturing, Harvard Business Review, Jan/Feb, 1985, Vol. 63, Issue 1, pp. 99-109. Recent Articles: 1. Billington, Corey and Jager, Franois, Procurement: The Missing Link in Innovation, Supply Chain Management Review, Jan/Feb, 2008, Vol. 12, Issue 1, pp. 22-28. 2. Bowersox, Donald J., Closs, David J., and Stank, Theodore P., How to Master Cross-Enterprise Collaboration, Supply Chain Management Review, Jul/Aug2003, Vol. 7, Issue 4, p. 18. 3. Closs, David, Speier, Cheri, Whipple, Judith, and Voss, M. Douglas, A Framework for Protecting Your Supply Chain, Supply Chain Management Review, March, 2008, Vol. 12, Issue 2, pp. 38-45. 4. Dischinger, John, Closs, David J., McCulloch, Eileen, Speier, Cheri, Grenoble, William, and Marshall, Donna, The Emerging Supply Chain Management Profession, Supply Chain Management Review, Jan/Feb, 2006, Vol. 10, Issue 1, pp. 62-68. 5. Liker, Jeffrey K.; Choi, Thomas Y., Building Deep Supplier Relationships, Harvard Business Review, December, 2004, Vol. 82, Issue 12, pp. 104-113. 6. Monczka, Robert M.; Markham, William J., The Future of Supply Management, Part I: Category Strategies and Supplier Management, Supply Chain Management Review, September, 2007, Vol. 11, Issue 6, pp. 24-30. 7. Poirier, Charles C., Swink, Morgan L. and Quinn, Francis J., Still Chasing the Leaders, Supply Chain Management Review, October, 2008, Vol. 12, Issue 7, pp. 26-32. 8. Zsidisin, George A., Ragatz, Gary L., and Melnyk, Steven A., The Dark Side of Supply Chain Management, Supply Chain Management Review, March, 2005, Vol. 9, Issue 2, pp. 46-52. Books: 1. Hugos, Michael, Essentials of Supply Chain Management, 2nd Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2006. (A good, basic introduction to SCM) 2. Monczka, R.M., R.B. Handfield, L.C. Giunipero, and J.L. Patterson, Purchasing and Supply Chain Management 4th Edition, South-Western College Publishing, 2009. 3. Rudzki, Robert A., Douglas A. Smock, Michael Katzorke, and Shelley Stewart, Jr., Straight to the Bottom Line: An Executives Roadmap to World Class Supply Management, J. Ross Publishing, 2006. Reply to this answer 0

Dewashish Ghoshal Posted on March 31, 2010 There are so many good books are available to read Supply Chain Management. But I will suggest to you a simple, conceptual & basic book, Name: Designing and Managing the Supply Chain, Written By: David Simchi-Levi, Philip Kaminsky, Edith Simichi-Levi & Ravi Shankar. Through this book you can develop concept and understand the Stratigies by reading cases and self explanitory theory. Reply to this answer 0

Herb Shields Posted on April 2, 2010 I teach Purchasing to seniors and graduate students at the Illinois Institute of Technology here in Chicago. I recommend the text book that I use: Purchasing and Supply Management, authors Monczka, Handfield, Giunipero, and Patterson. ISBN-10: 0-324-38134-4. It is very up-to-date with cases based on recent events, etc. Reply to this answer 0

Nicola Cimarosti Posted on April 16, 2010 To my colleagues I reccomend Sun Tzu The art of war, inside there are some tacticals and strategical tips to use during nego. Bye Nicola Reply to this answer 0

Supply Chain Management Posted on April 22, 2010 I would suggest "Zero Base Pricing, Achieving World Class Competitiveness through reduced all-in-costs. By David Burt, Warren E. Norquist, and Jimmy Anklesaria. Reply to this answer 0

Trish Posted on May 15, 2010 Try Purchasing & Supply Chain Management 4Th Edition ISBN 10 0-324-38134-4 Authors Monczka, Handfield, Giunipero, Patterson Reply to this answer 0

chad suhr Posted on July 10, 2010 I focus on making myself and/or team purchase goods and services faster, better and/or cheaper than what our competitors do from suppliers. I look for ideas outside of our industry and profession and also try to gain knowledge of what competitors are doing with their supply chain. I am re-reading or reading for 1st time: good to great - jim collins the speed of trust - stephen covey the brand you 50 - tom peters clockspeed - charles fine hardball - stalk it's your ship - captain abrashoff superfreakonomincs - levitt the power of pull - john hagel III built to last - jim collins only the paranoid survive - andrew grove first, break all the rules - markus buckingham the world is flat - tom friedman Reply to this answer 0

Roberto Carmona Posted on July 21, 2010 "Essential of Supply Chain Management" by Michael Hugos and the Harvard Business Review Book "On Supply Chain Management" have been helpful to me... Reply to this answer 0

Andreas Bernhard Posted on July 23, 2010 "Purchasing Transformation" from Leif Bohlin. It gives hand on advice on transforming processesa and organization. It has also a very helpful guide on how to develop a proper sourcing strategy. Reply to this answer 0

Katherine Kawamoto Posted on July 28, 2010 Strategic Supply Management -- Creating the Next Source of Competitive Advantage by Robert J. Trent of Lehigh University Reply to this answer 0

Jeffrey Sandhofer Posted on July 28, 2010 Out of the Crisis by W. Edwards Deming. I'm sort of old school with this, but 99% of this book applies to today's business environment. Many of the principals and tactics are based from the reconstruction of Japan after WWII and still apply today. Reply to this answer 0

Rahul Dravid Posted on July 28, 2010 Hi, if you are already working in the field of purchase/supply chain & operations these couple of books by Eli Goldrat, Goal, Goal 2, Necessary But Not Sufficient, Isn't it Obvious, would give you a completely new perspective of business based on theory of constraints. Regards, Rahul Dravid Reply to this answer 0

Rahul Dravid Posted on July 28, 2010 Hi, if you are already working in the field of purchase/supply chain & operations these couple of books by Eli Goldrat, Goal, Goal 2, Necessary But Not Sufficient, Isn't it Obvious, would give you a completely new perspective of business based on theory of constraints. Regards, Rahul Dravid Reply to this answer 0

Rajender Agnihotri Posted on Aug. 4, 2010 1.Designing and Managing Supply Chain -Simchi Levi 2.Supply Chain Management-Strategy, Planning and Operations-Chopra and Meindl 3.Dynamic Supply Chain Alignment by John Gattorna 4.Logistics and Supply Chain Management- Martin Christropher Reply to this answer 0

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Jenny Sutton Posted on Aug. 13, 2010

Seems like you probably can build a library out of all the suggestions you have! But here is one that is not on your list (and yes I am shamelessly plugging my own book)! "Extract Value from Consultants: How to Hire, Control, and Fire Them" by Gordon Perchthold and Jenny Sutton Consultants get lots of training and experience at managing clients, but most clients (including procurement managers) have no training on managing consultants. And the issue is not just about the cost, which is the traditional focus of category managers, it is really about making sure that the value is delivered. Reply to this answer 0

Anand Sonone Posted on Nov. 8, 2010 For SCM, you can do APICS (CPIM/CSCP) certification where you will read some relevent reference books Reply to this answer 0

Caroline Clarke Posted on Nov. 28, 2010 And just another that might interest you, Lambert M.D. 2004, Supply Chain Management, Sarasota. The Publishers are Supply Chain Management Institute, Sarasota Florida. Kind regards Caroline Reply to this answer Send Feedback