Resources
Here I will list relevant resources for working with supply chain dynamics
Scientific approach to manufacturing
- Book – John A. Buzacott & J. George Shanthikumar: “Stochastic Models of Manufacturing Systems”, Prentice Hall, 1993
- Book – Wallace J. Hopp & Mark L. Spearman: “Factory Physics”, 2nd. ed., McGraw Hill, 2000 (A third edition was published in 2011)
- Book – James P. Ignizio: “Optimizing factory performance”, McGraw Hill, 2009. Read my review here.
Production Systems
- Book – Christoph Roser: “All About Pull Production”, AllAboutLean.com Publishing, 2021
- Book – James F. Cox & John G. Schleier: “Theory of Constraints Handbook”, McGraw Hill, 2010
Complexity
- Book – Melanie Mitchell: “Complexity – A Guided Tour”, Oxford University Press, 2009. Read my review here.
System Dynamics
- Book – John D. Sterman: “Business Dynamics – Systems Thinking and Modeling for a Complex World”, McGraw-Hill, 2000
“The bible of system dynamics” according to James Paine in the video below. - Video – James Paine: “System Dynamics: Systems Thinking and Modeling for a Complex World”, MIT Open CourseWare on YouTube (60 min)
This is a good introduction to system dynamics.