A Practical Application of Supply Chain Management Principles - Hardcover

Schoenfeldt, Thomas I.

 
9780873897365: A Practical Application of Supply Chain Management Principles

Synopsis

This is a book that is designed to share the principles of supply chain management and show how, when done well, they can give an organization a competitive advantage. It is written based on practical experiences of the author in relating them to industry principles. This book can be used as a textbook for business education or as a reference book for businesses that recognize the need to change the way that their process are managed. The principles discussed have been proven to work and create value-added results in many different industries. Readers will learn how to: Understand their supply chain Develop a supply chain strategy Identify and evaluate suppliers Select preferred suppliers Build relationships Measure and monitor supplier performance Apply basic quality tools to customers and suppliers

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About the Author

Thomas I. Schoenfeldt is the President of Schoenfeldt Services, Inc., a consulting firm helping companies with supplier management issues and quality system development. He has more than 30 years experience in a variety of industries in the US and southeast Asia. He is an active Member of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers (AICHE), a Fellow of the American Society for Quality (ASQ), Vice Chair of Section Affairs for the Greater Detroit Section of ASQ, and the treasurer for the Customer Supplier Division of ASQ. He has served as a subject matter expert for the Customer-Supplier Division of ASQ since 1999. He is currently a member of the Technical Program Committee for the ASQ World Conference on Quality and Improvement (ASQ). He was honored as the Quality Professional of the Year in 2002 by the ASQ Automotive Division. He is a contributing author to The Supply Management Handbook (McGraw-Hill, 2006) and the ASQ Certified Quality Manager certification. He has been a prepublication book reviewer for Prentice-Hall and John Wiley & Sons. He received the R. A. (Rick) Maass Award from Customer Supplier Division of ASQ for his publications and presentations in the area of customer-supplier relations (2006). He is on the Board of Directors of the Angileri Quality Institute at Madonna University, Livonia, MI, and also serves on its Business Advisory Committee and Curriculum Development Committee. He has served on the Board of Examiners for the Michigan Quality Council (MQC), based on Malcolm Baldrige criteria, from 1996 to 2004 and chaired the planning committee for the MQC Spring Sharing Conference for two years. He is a guest lecturer at Michigan State University in the Chemical Engineering Department.

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