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Summary: Excellent read!
Review: Damon Schechter's DELIVERING THE GOODS is an extremely informative and entertaining telling of the story of logistics. Through the course of the book, he elucidates the basic concepts of logistics in an informal yet highly effective manner. He delves into the human aspect quite a bit; we are privy to the trials and tribulations of those ingenious men who first pioneered the ideas behind supply chain and logistics management.The primary purpose of DELIVERING THE GOODS is as a terrific primer about logistics and its history that will pique the interest of any person who has had little formal background in the art of logistics management. The main strength of DELIVERING THE GOODS lies in its astounding clarity which does not come at the expense of comprehensiveness. Schechter assumes no prior experience with supply chain concepts or logistics management. It is this accessibility which makes this the first book on logistics you should buy. In summary, I highly recommend this to anyone who has at least a passing interest in supply chains or logistics. For those with experience in logistics management, the history of logistics presented in DELIVERING THE GOODS will still be very interesting. However, do not expect all of the ideas to be new.
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Summary: Very over rated
Review: The first part of the book provides a good history of Logistics but over rates the purported military genius of Desert Storm - the truth was that they shipped too much stuff and things that were not needed at a great expense and ended up leaving it to rot...not much expertise needed to waste the taxpayer's money. The rest of the book is a rehash of well known SCM principles and is a terrible way to try to get these across. It is page after page of text, with no diagrams of the "system" that the author is trying to get across, but I suspect that the system may not really make sense if constructed and that is why it is not...baffle the readers with text. If you do not know anything about SCM, this is a good intro, but I was greatly disappointed in this book, especially in light of the glowing reviews that this received.
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Summary: Great Background and Introduction to Logistics and SCM
Review: This is one of the better books addressing the theory and practice of logistics and supply chain management. If you're a professional logistician, this is a good book. If you're not a professional logistician wanting to learn more about logistics efficiency and the massive impact it can have on cost and service, this is a great book!! I would strongly recommend this book to general managers of warehousing and manufacturing operations, senior officers hoping to learn more about logistics strategy and tactics, and even front line managers who can utilize this work to connect the logistics function silo with the entire enterprise.
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