For courses in Materials Management, Production and Inventory Control, and Logistics taught in business and industrial technology departments of community colleges and universities. This is the only text listed in the APICSThe Educational Society for Resource Management CPIM Exam Content Manual as the text reference for the Basics of Supply Chain Management (BSCM) CPIM certification examination. Written in a simple and user-friendly style, it covers all the basics of supply chain management and production and inventory control.

Introduction to Materials Managementis an introductory text written for students in community colleges and universities. It is used in technical programs, such as industrial engineering and manufacturing engineering; in business programs; and by those already in industry, whether or not they are working in materials management. This text has been widely adopted by colleges and universities not only in North America, but also in other parts of the world. APICS--The Educational Society for Resource Management recommends this text as the reference for certification preparation for various CPIM examinations. In addition, the text is used by production and inventory control societies in other countries, including South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Germany, France, and Brazil, and by consultants in presenting in-house courses to their customers. Introduction to Materials Managementcovers all the basics of supply chain management, manufacturing planning and control systems, purchasing, and physical distribution. The material, examples, questions, and problems lead the student logically through the text. The writing style is simple and user-friendly--both instructors and students who have used the book attest to this. In the fifth edition, we have added content in the following areas: Supply chain metrics coverage in Chapter 1, Introduction to Materials Management. New ERP coverage in Chapter 2, Production Planning System. New "Vendor-managed inventory" and "Organizational implications of supply chain management" sections in Chapter 7, Purchasing. Production lead time/demand lead time ratio in Chapter 8, Forecasting. New "Methods of evaluating inventory" section in Chapter 9, Inventory Fundamentals. Performance metrics, Lean production, and Poke-yoke in Chapter 15, Just-in-Time Manufacturing. New "Other quality control tools" section in Chapter 16, Total Quality Management. Coverage of first in, first out (FIFO); last in, first out (LIFO); average cost; and standard cost added to Chapter 9, Inventory Fundamentals. In addition, we have modified figures in many of the end-of-chapter problems to provide adopters with a new set of problems. Also, the index has been updated to include all key terms. Features carried over from the fourth edition include: Margin icons note key concepts. Key terms listed at the end of each chapter with chapter page cross-references. Example problems within the chapters. Chapter summaries. Questions and problems at the end of each chapter. Chapter references to case studies inIntroduction to Materials Management Casebook. THE CASEBOOK For the fifth edition, we developed theIntroduction to Materials Management Casebook,authored by Arnold, Chapman, and Lloyd M. Clive. The casebook takes the student beyond the textbook problems by presenting a situation followed by related analysis questions. Most text chapters have cases associated with them, as noted in the table that follows the Table of Contents, and some cases bridge several chapters. Cases vary in level of difficulty, with the more challenging cases requiring students to think about the management issues involved in their decisions on the job. Reviewers noted that the casebook has added overall rigor to this text. APPROACH AND ORGANIZATION Materials management means different things to different people. In this textbook, materials management includes all activities in the flow of materials from the supplier to the consumer. Such activities include physical supply, operations planning and control, and physical distribution. Other terms sometimes used arebusiness logisticsandsupply chain management.Often, the emphasis in business logistics is on transportation and distribution systems with little concern for what occu