Introduction -- Design of product to meet customer expectations -- Transformation process choices for making products conforming to design -- Demand forecasting and demand management -- Master planning -- Master production scheduling (MPS) -- Materials requirement planning(MRP) -- Inventory management -- Purchasing and supplier management -- Physical distribution management -- Distribution inventory management -- Global and other issues in supply chain management -- Appendix I: Cases in supply chain management -- Appendix II: Self study practice questions for basic of supply chain management -- Index.