{"id":25,"date":"2007-04-13T12:56:32","date_gmt":"2007-04-13T12:56:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.supplychainview.com\/blog\/?page_id=25"},"modified":"2024-06-28T15:07:33","modified_gmt":"2024-06-28T14:07:33","slug":"recommended-reading","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.supplychainview.com\/blog\/recommended-reading\/","title":{"rendered":"Recommended Reading"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>With the help of some colleagues I have compiled a list of recommended books for those interested in all things Supply Chain. I will be adding to these as time goes by, and I will link in any reviews. I realise even as I type this that there are a lot more books on my shelf that should be on the list.<\/p>\n<p>If anyone has any further suggestions I would be happy to hear from your (simply leave a comment using the form at the bottom of the page).<\/p>\n<p>You might also like to check out <a href=\"http:\/\/leanenterprise.org.uk\/index.php?option=com_docman&amp;task=cat_view&amp;gid=46&amp;Itemid=68\">John Bicheno&#8217;s Top 100 Lean Books<\/a> which is a pdf you can download from the <a href=\"http:\/\/leanenterprise.org.uk\">LERC<\/a> website. Not all the books listed major on Lean, and some have no specific Lean content at all. John has given a star rating to each, and a few words on the content.<\/p>\n<h2>General Supply Chain and Logistics<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Logistics and Supply Chain Management: Creating Value &#8211; Adding Networks<\/em>, Martin Christopher, Financial Times Prentice Hall (16 Dec 2004), ISBN: 0273681761<\/li>\n<li><em>Basic Business Logistics: Transportation, Materials Management, Physical Distribution<\/em>, Ronald H. Ballou, Pearson US Imports &amp; PHIPEs (Jun 1987), ISBN: 0130582980<\/li>\n<li><em>The Handbook of Logistics and Distribution Management<\/em>, Alan Rushton, John Oxley, Phil Croucher Publisher: Kogan Page Ltd (20 Oct 2000), ISBN: 0749433655<\/li>\n<li><em>Gower Handbook of Supply Chain Management<\/em>, John Gattorna (Editor), Gower Publishing Limited (Sep 2005), ISBN: 056608581X<\/li>\n<li><em>Living Supply Chains: How to Mobilize the Enterprise Around Delivering What Your Customers Want<\/em>, John Gattorna, Financial Times Prentice Hall (18 May 2006), ISBN: 0273706144<\/li>\n<li><em>Supply Chain Science<\/em>, Wallace Hopp, <del>self-published online (2003) &#8211; available as pdf for free download<\/del> &#8211; this has now been published by McGraw-Hill (Nov 2007), ISBN: 0073403326<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Theory of Constraints<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><em>The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement<\/em>, Eliyahu M. Goldratt and Jeff Cox, Gower Publishing Limited (17 Nov 2004), ISBN: 0566086654<\/li>\n<li><em>Necessary But Not Sufficient: A Theory of Constraints Business Novel<\/em>, Eliyahu M. Goldratt, Eli Schragenheim, Carol A. Ptak, North River Press (Oct 2000), ISBN: 0884271706<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Customer Service, Competitive Space<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><em>The Discipline of Market Leaders: Choose Your Customers, Narrow Your Focus, Dominate Your Market, Michael Treacy<\/em>, Fred Wiersema, Perseus Books (18 Feb 1997), ISBN: 0201407191<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Manufacturing<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Competitive Manufacturing<\/em>, Hal Mather, St Lucie Press (19 Nov 1998), ISBN: 0849305640<\/li>\n<li><em>Factory Physics: Foundations of Manufacturing Management (2nd edition)<\/em>, Wallace Hopp, Mark Spearman, Irwin McGraw-Hill (2001), ISBN: 0256247951<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Inventory Management<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Inventory Control and Management<\/em>, D. Waters, John Wiley and Sons Ltd (9 Sep 2003), ISBN: 0470858761<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Lean<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Journey to Lean: Making Operational Change Stick<\/em>, John Drew, Blair McCallum, Stefan Roggenhoferm, Palgrave Macmillan (24 Mar 2004), ISBN: 1403913072<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ksmartin.com\/downloads\/Staple-Yourself-to-an-Order.pdf\"><em>Staple Yourself to an Order<\/em><\/a>, Benson P. Shapiro, V. Kasturi Rangan, and John J. Sviokla, Harvard Business Review July-August 1992<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Six Sigma<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Six Sigma: The Breakthrough Management Strategy Revolutionizing the World&#8217;s Top Corporations<\/em>, Mikel Harry and Richard Schroeder<\/li>\n<li><em>On Route to Perfection &#8211; A Guide to Achieving Six Sigma<\/em>, Graham Wilson<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With the help of some colleagues I have compiled a list of recommended books for those interested in all things Supply Chain. 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