||3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| If you work with processes and systems, buy, beg or steal this book!|By Tim Acker|I would have given Supply Chain Science 10 stars if I could! In the Factory Physics trilogy (Factory Physics, Factory Physics for Managers, and Supply Chain Science), this is the book to start with for those who are new to the topic. It's an excellent primer, introducing most of the most imp||"Glad to see this picked up. Certainly a steal [at the new price] and makes a nice theoretical summary of many concepts throughout our supply chain program." --Geoff Willis, University of Central Oklahoma
Managers face an infinite range of situations and problems that involve bringing materials and information together to produce and deliver goods and services to customers. In Hopp's solid, practical introduction to manufacturing and supply chain dynamics, managers learn how to use the scientific approach—to understand "why" systems behave the way they do—as an effective way to deal with almost any scenario they may face.
