Ask HN: Best Supply Chain Management Books?

[Red_Tarsius]

Since I struggle to understand the logistics and distribution side of product management, I'm very reluctant to try out quite a few business ideas.

There are many SCM books out there, but I don't know where to start, nor do I have the time to read each and every review.

Help me, Hacker News: what are the most basic and complete resources on SCM?

[akg_67]

Supply Chain Management is typically a specialization in MBA. You may want to consider reaching out to a local Business School SCM professor to get recommendation or look up the syllabus and recommended text for SCM courses. Also, most business schools has continuing education/professional development/certificate courses in SCM, consider those courses.

As /u/bengali3 mentioned, The Goal is a very good quasi-fiction book weaving SCM in the storyline.

[tmoullet]

Finally an HN question that I can respond to!

I would recommend reading this book for a very good, but broad and high level intro:

http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Materials-Management-Tony...

This will cover topics like BOMs, MOQ, Safety Stock, Inventory strategy, warehousing etc.

Next I would recommend reading up on the following phrases: "product development" and "new product introduction" / "NPI"

http://www.amazon.com/Best-Practices-New-Product-Introductio...

http://www.amazon.com/Principles-Product-Development-Flow-Ge...

Lean training/reading never hurts either. Note: this is supply chain lean vs "lean start up".

http://www.amazon.com/Lean-Dummies-Natalie-J-Sayer/dp/111811...

[schappim]

Tim Cook apparently swears by (and gives to new hires): "Competing Against Time: How Time-Based Competition is Reshaping Global Markets." http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0743253418/ref=mp_s_a_1_1?qid=...

[bengali3]

not my area, but for basics of resource flows, check out The Goal by Goldratt, a quick read.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eliyahu_M._Goldratt#Writings

[joegosse]

The Goal is a great introduction to the concepts that underlie thinking about supply chain problems and should be considered a must-read.

[micky_25]

Free online course from MIT https://www.edx.org/course/supply-chain-logistics-fundamenta...

[axxxxr]

I don't know about books, but this 1factory platform is a cool saas for SCM - 1factory.com