{"product_id":"the-missing-links-a-demand-driven-supply-chain-detective-novel-9780831136079","title":"The Missing Links: A Demand Driven Supply Chain Detective Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis utterly unique how-to supply chain management work is written as mystery to help engage readers. It fills the need for an accessible work on supply chain management skills that helps strengthen, improve, and adapt the management of industries to meet the swiftly changing needs of a global market.\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Missing Links follows a small furniture company whose owner has died under suspicious circumstances, leaving his musician daughter in charge. The business newcomer encounters a multitude of problems-high work-in-progress inventory, unsafe working conditions, conflicts between two in-house factions, longstanding customers beginning to withdraw their business, and increased competition. Can the factory ever be profitable again?\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe work follows the journey of the company to utilize industry standards, including total quality, lean, total productive maintenance, flow management, as well as the newest demand driven methodologies that are changing modern supply chain management. \"Clues\" dispersed throughout the manuscript point readers in the direction of an affiliated website where they will find 33 appendices of charts, forms, and additional improvement information that can be customized, regardless of size of the company, or industry. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeatures\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eUnique approach similar to the bestselling work, \u003ci\u003eThe Goal\u003c\/i\u003e-wraps a how-to book on supply chain management in a mystery novel.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduces the effectiveness and simplicity of new demand driven methodologies (DDMRP), along with total quality, lean, TPM, and flow management.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWritten by an award-winning French author, and President of Fapics, the French Association of Supply Chain Management.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\"Clues\" throughout the manuscript point to 33 full-color appendices on an affiliated website that will be updated regularly after the book is published.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eTies in perfectly with the Demand Driven Institute's certification programs.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReviews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eThe Missing Links\u003c\/i\u003e by Caroline Mondon is similar to\u003ci\u003e The Goal\u003c\/i\u003e by Dr. Eli Goldratt, probably the best selling business novel ever written. Caroline has written a compelling story about a fictional, privately held manufacturing company that is facing serious challenges when the owner of the company suddenly dies, and his daughter is left to take over the business. It clearly explains the process necessary for a company to adopt the latest thinking about planning and management as the organization struggles to adapt to the changing needs of customers as they become ever more demanding. \u003cb\u003eThis book can be read by anyone with an interest in how businesses can be run more efficiently and effectively.\u003c\/b\u003e \"-\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eKeith Lauchbury, \u003c\/b\u003eCFPIM, CIRM, CSCP, CDDP, Past President of APICS, the premier professional association for supply chain management\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"For more than 15 years, I have been involved with education in the field of sup-ply chain management. \u003ci\u003eThe Missing Links \u003c\/i\u003ehas been a real inspiration for showing how to explain both fundamental and advanced concepts of business management, supply chain management, and innovation. The storyline of the book makes it easy to understand the importance and leverage of supply chain management concepts, even for smaller companies. It was a pleasure reading about the development and transformation of a small traditional company into a modern, next-century enterprise. The way innovative concepts and methods have been applied in the book is logical and helps readers quickly get over a steep learning curve. \u003cb\u003eI will definitely recommend this book to my supply chain management students.\u003c\/b\u003e\"--\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAndrea Walbert, \u003c\/b\u003eCPIM, CSCP, PLS, CDDP Managing Partner, PMI (Production Management Institute) GmbH\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cb\u003eI wish all textbooks wer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Caroline Mondon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Industrial Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/11\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 5.90w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780831136079\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCaroline Mondon, \u003c\/b\u003eCFPIM, CIRM, CSCP, CDDP, has been a plant manager for the robotics, nuclear, and electronic equipment industries, a supply chain implementer, a Supply Chain \u0026amp; Logistics Director for the automotive industry, and is currently a consultant\/owner of CM Enterprises. Mondon is President of Fapics, the French Association of Supply Chain Management, and author of \u003ci\u003eLe chainon manquant\u003c\/i\u003e, a bestselling French work.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Industrial Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44413256499315,"sku":"9780831136079","price":74.95,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/files\/img_12fcfc87-b2bb-49e1-8124-c71d5dc9e37e.jpg?v=1772109748","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/en-de\/products\/the-missing-links-a-demand-driven-supply-chain-detective-novel-9780831136079","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}