This book does a great job connecting Lean, quality, and PDCA in a practical way. It reinforces how continuous improvement works best when both leaders and teams are actively involved.
-- Tionna VinsonOperations Manager
A must-read for aspiring COO’s or COS’s! This is an essential read for folks who want to learn all things ops. This is a rare ops book that actually explains the relevant complex systems and frameworks one must master in order to be successful in the field. Finally! A textbook with all the relevant ops topics in one place.
-- Jody TaylorFounder & CEO RUN-OPS, Business Operations Specialist
There is wonderful continuity told in plain language while bringing us through an example from the first phase through logistics.
-- Readers' Favorite
It is excellent in its use of examples
-- Wendy L. Tate, Co-Editor in Chief, Journal of Purchase and Supply Management
User-friendly and not too technical McDonough succeeds in making operations, supply chain management and logistics quite understandable to a non technical audience, without losing the OSCM technical soul.
-- Andrea Patrucco, The Pennsylvania State University
Great OSCM primer
-- David A. Marshall, Eastern Michigan University
A good balance of theory and practicality
-- Henry C. Alphin Jr., Higher Education Administrator, Researcher, and Economic Development Professional
I went into the book knowing very little about Operations and Supply Chain Management and was pleasantly surprised. It was written in a clear and concise way that allowed me to understand individual concepts and the big picture. I appreciated the example that was carried through the book, as it made the explanations easy to visualize and follow. I can definitely recommend it for beginners to that specific branch, but have some business knowledge.
-- dsoberanis
Librarything User
We are still using the "Operations and Supply Chain Management" by Ashley McDonough for our AVS 2400 course. It is a great introductory text!
-- Willem J Homan
Professor
Department of Aviation Sciences
College of Aviation
Western Michigan University
If you ignored the concepts of material and resource planning as the most abstruse and unflinching, now you can easily say ‘yes’ to learning the most crucial concepts in this domain by reading them from cover to cover. This book can clear all the confounding models of procurement.
-- Ms. Jyoti Kukreja
Assistant Professor,
Jagannath International Management School,
Kalkaji, New Delhi
An excellent introduction to Agile for the newcomer and an excellent review for the experienced practitioner.
-- Jose Solera, PMP, CSM, CSPO, CSP and Agile practitioner since the 1990s Short: Jose Solera, PMP, CSM, CSPO, CSP and Agile practitioner
Effectively outlines the key concepts that all Agile project leader, Scrum Master or Product Owner must know and master.
-- Tim Mills, MBA, MS, CPL, ITIL, SS-GB, CSM, PMP Lead Instructor, Agile Project Management Harvard Extension School Harvard University, Cambridge, MA USA Short: Tim Mills, PMP Lead Instructor, Harvard Extension School
This delivers pretty much exactly what it promises. After reading this book I think I have a pretty clear, high level, understanding of what Agile can do, how it works, and what it looks like from the inside and the outside. Highly recommended for anyone involved in a software development organization who is wondering whether Agile is something they should be considering adopting.
-- Foretopman
Librarything User
I am really enjoying Agile Essentials by Kalpesh Ashar as a supplement text in my Introduction to Project Management course. My students find the information easy to apply and compliment traditional project management concepts.
-- Paul W. Harp
FedEx Freight
Manager- Facility Design Solution & Projects
