Principles of Supply Chain Management by Richard E Crandall

Principles of Supply Chain Management by Richard E Crandall

Offers a balanced approach to various aspects of the supply chain, including manufacturing and procurement. This undergraduate text provides an introduction to supply chain basics and explains how supply chains are constructed to meet customer needs. It addresses the benefits and challenges of establishing and integrating supply chains.

Richard E. "Dick" Crandall is a professor in the College of Business at Appalachian State University (ASU), Boone, North Carolina. He is a certified fellow in production and inventory management (CFPIM) and is also a certified supply chain professional (CSCP) by APICS—The Association for Operations Management. He received his PhD in production/operations management from the University of South Carolina, Columbia and is a registered professional engineer and a certified public accountant. Prior to joining ASU, Dick worked as an industrial engineer and in management positions for manufacturing and service companies. He was a consultant with a major consulting firm, installing systems for both operations and financial applications. With Rick Crandall, he coauthored the book New Methods of Competing in the Global Marketplace: Critical Success Factors from Service and Manufacturing, published in 2008 by CRC Press, Taylor & Francis. William "Rick" Crandall currently serves as a professor of management at the University of North Carolina at Pembroke. He received his PhD in business administration with a focus on organizational behavior and human resource management from the University of Memphis, Tennessee. His primary research interest is in the area of crisis management, helping organizations cope with catastrophic events. He is the author of the new book, Crisis Management in the New Strategy Landscape (coauthored with John Parnell and John Spillan, also of the University of North Carolina at Pembroke), released by Sage Publications. He is also active in researching issues related to supply chain management. Prior to entering higher education, Dr. Crandall worked in management for ARA Services (now ARAMARK), a service management firm based in Philadelphia. Charlie C. Chen was educated at Claremont Graduate University, California and received his PhD in management information systems. He is an associate professor in the Department of Computer Information Systems at Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina. His research interests include project management and supply chain management. He is a member of the Association for Information Systems and Decision Sciences Institute, and is certifi ed by the Project Management Institute as a project management professional (PMP). Dr. Chen has published in journals such as Communications of Association for Information Systems, Behaviour and Information Technology, Journal of Knowledge Management Research, Practice, and the Journal of Information Systems Education. Dr. Chen is a dedicated transnational scholar and is a trip leader for study-abroad programs in Asia.

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ISBN 13	9781420091076
ISBN 10	1420091077
Title	Principles of Supply Chain Management
Author	Richard E Crandall
Series	Resource Management
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Taylor & Francis Inc
Year published	2009-12-01
Number of pages	646
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