Decision Systems for Inventory Management and Production Planning (Wiley Series in Production / Operations Management)

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Decision Systems for Inventory Management and Production Planning (Wiley Series in Production / Operations Management)
by Edward Silver, Rein Peterson
from John Wiley & Sons

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 4.0 / 5.0

• Best book on inventory management
  Without any doubt, Silver/Pike/Peterson is the best and most comprehensive book on inventory management. If you are searching for simplistic "management consultant concepts" then buy something else. If you want to learn how realize all these basic concepts take this book. Seriously, what are people exspecting: "too technical" ? Stupid. If you do not have any clue about basic math, why do you wanna go into logistics?
  If I should teach somebody on logistics I would gave him or her one of the (thousands)... more info

• A thoughtful book
  My friend recommended this book to me. I find this book is very interesting. In particular, the view of inventory modeling complexity is quite thoughtful. I have to accept that the authors did an excellent job to bring practice and theory together. It is not only for researchers but also professionals who want to appreciate the theory side. Highly recommended among all inventory books on the market.

• Excellent Post Graduate and Research Textbook
  This is one of the most interesting books I have read, especially in such a technical area. The authors present the information in a very easy going fashion, given the reader has enough mathematical background.

  This book -in my opinion- is suitable for senior level, and graduate students, and is a must for industrial engineering and supply chain research students. It is an excellent reference for any supply chain, inventory management, or production management practioner.

• The best book I have found for pure Inventory Mgt:
  For my line of work, which is strictly in support of inventory management, in a large organization, this book is the best and most comprehensive reference I have found for inventory management. Other references, such as Chopra's or Shapiro's, offer an excellent survey in the broader topic of supply chain management but do not approach the depth of this text in straight inventory management. For the person working in a large organization, in which supply chain management is broken up across large numbers of... more info

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