Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- About the Authors -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- CHAPTER 1 Manufacturing Planning and Control -- The MPC System Defined -- An MPC System Framework -- Matching the MPC System with the Needs of the Firm -- Evolution of the MPC System -- Concluding Principles -- Discussion Questions -- APICS/CPIM Certification Questions -- CHAPTER 2 Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) -- What Is ERP? -- How ERP Connects the Functional Units -- How Manufacturing Planning and Control (MPC) Fits within ERP -- Performance Metrics to Evaluate Integrated System Effectiveness -- Concluding Principles -- Discussion Questions -- Problems -- APICS/CPIM Certification Questions -- CHAPTER 3 Demand Management -- Demand Management in MPC Systems -- Demand Management and the MPC Environment -- Communicating with Other MPC Modules and Customers -- Information Use in Demand Management -- Managing Demand -- Collaborative Planning, Forecasting, and Replenishment (CPFR) -- The CPFR Process -- Concluding Principles -- Discussion Questions -- Problem -- APICS/CPIM Certification Questions -- CHAPTER 4 Forecasting -- Providing Appropriate Forecast Information -- Regression, Trend, and Seasonal Forecasting -- Short-Term Forecasting Techniques -- Using the Forecasts -- Concluding Principles -- Discussion Questions -- Problems -- APICS/CPIM Certification Questions -- Case Study: Forecasting at Rosser Products -- CHAPTER 5 Sales and Operations Planning -- Sales and Operations Planning in the Firm -- The Sales and Operations Planning Process -- The New Management Obligations -- Concluding Principles -- Discussion Questions -- Problems -- APICS/CPIM Certification Questions -- CHAPTER 6 Advanced Sales and Operations Planning -- Mathematical Programming Approaches -- Company Example: Lawn King Inc -- Concluding Principles -- Discussion Questions -- Problems -- APICS/CPIM Certification Questions -- CHAPTER 7 Master Production Scheduling -- The Master Production Scheduling Activity -- Master Production Scheduling Techniques -- Bill of Materials Structuring for the MPS -- Master Production Schedule Stability -- Managing the MPS -- Concluding Principles -- Discussion Questions -- Problems -- APICS/CPIM Certification Questions -- CHAPTER 8 Material Requirements Planning -- Material Requirements Planning in Manufacturing Planning and Control -- Record Processing -- Technical Issues -- Using the MRP System -- System Dynamics -- Concluding Principles -- Discussion Questions -- Problems -- APICS/CPIM Certification Questions -- CHAPTER 9 Advanced MRP -- Determining Manufacturing Order Quantities -- Buffering Concepts -- Nervousness -- Concluding Principles -- Discussion Questions -- Problems -- APICS/CPIM Certification Questions -- CHAPTER 10 Capacity Planning and Management -- The Role of Capacity Planning in MPC Systems -- Capacity Planning and Control Techniques.

Scheduling Capacity and Materials Simultaneously -- Management and Capacity Planning and Utilization -- Concluding Principles -- Discussion Questions -- Problems -- APICS/CPIM Certification Questions -- Case Study: Capacity Planning at Montell USA Inc. -- Case Study: Capacity Planning at Applicon -- CHAPTER 11 Production Activity Control -- A Framework for Production Activity Control -- Basic Scheduling Research -- Production Activity Control Techniques -- Managing Vendor Material Flows -- Concluding Principles -- Discussion Questions -- Problems -- APICS/CPIM Certification Questions -- CHAPTER 12 Capacity Management -- Capacity Management Issues -- Supporting Procedures -- Concluding Principles -- Discussion Questions -- Problems -- APICS/CPIM Certification Questions -- CHAPTER 13 Just-in-Time -- JIT in Manufacturing Planning and Control -- A JIT Implementation Example -- JIT Applications -- Nonrepetitive JIT -- Joint-Firm JIT -- JIT Software -- Managerial Implications -- Concluding Principles -- Discussion Questions -- Problems -- APICS/CPIM Certification Questions -- CHAPTER 14 Distribution Requirements Planning -- Distribution Requirements Planning in the Supply Chain -- DRP Techniques -- Management Issues with DRP -- Concluding Principles -- Discussion Questions -- Problems -- APICS/CPIM Certification Questions -- Case Study: Abbott Laboratories -- CHAPTER 15 Supply Chain Logistics -- A Framework for Supply Chain Logistics -- Supply Chain Logistical Elements -- Warehouse Replenishment Systems -- Warehouse Location Analysis -- Vehicle Scheduling Analysis -- Customer Service Measurement -- Concluding Principles -- Discussion Questions -- Problems -- APICS/CPIM Certification Questions -- CHAPTER 16 Order Point Inventory Control Methods -- Basic Concepts -- Management Issues -- Inventory-Related Costs -- Economic Order Quantity Model -- Order Timing Decisions -- Multi-Item Management -- Concluding Principles -- Discussion Questions -- Problems -- APICS/CPIM Certification Questions -- CHAPTER 17 Strategy and MPC System Design -- MPC Design Options -- Choosing the Options -- Integrating MRP and JIT -- Concluding Principles -- Discussion Questions -- Problems -- APICS/CPIM Certification Questions -- APPENDIX A Answers to APICS/CPIM Certification Questions -- APPENDIX B Areas of the Standard Normal Distribution and Service Function Values -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y -- Z.

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