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Oxygen On Hand May Be Advisable.......2007-02-22
I read this book 20 years ago and I can still call images to mind in relation to the madcap adventure it tells. I alternated between almost wetting myself, or laughing so hard that I could no longer breath properly and having to turn away from the book to calm myself down. I've read it a number of times and each time I would finish with my throat aching with laughter. Can't imagine what my neighbours think goes on at my place...Great stuff!
Why is this book not in reprint?!?!?!.......2006-12-23
My mother gave me this book when I was in 8th grade. I had always been a reluctant reader but Durrell was drawing me out. I had devoured his other books, particularly his collecting adventures and so, thought I had a good read on him as an author. I was so wrong! Nothing prepared me for the wonderful world of pandemonium that befalls poor Adrian and Rosy. I laughed so hard I nearly wet myself and would often have to stiffle my laughter so as to not wake the whole family! Absolutely one of my, if not the, most favorite humor novel of all time.
Why oh why don't they reprint the bloody thing!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!??!!?!?!?
I love this book.......2000-01-05
Hilarious! One of my favorite Durrell books.
WHY, WHY, WHY don't they re-print these books?
exquisite character development within an outrageous plot.......1999-10-05
I laughed so hard at the vivid descriptions that I had tears coming out of my eyes. All of the characters, their names, their qualities, what they said made perfect the hilarity of this wonderful story and all its eccentric charm. A tragedy it's out of print.
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The corner of south-west France comprising Gascony and the Dordogne is the quintessence of provincial France. Many will be content to enjoy the douceur de vivre, the good food and the unspoiled countryside, but for those who are interested in the past this is rich terrain. Much of England's history between 1154 and 1453 was bound up with events in the region, as the French lands of Henry II remorselessly slipped from the grasp of the English kings. This is the land of Eleanor of Aquitaine and Gaston Phebus, the scene of Richard I's death, and of the Black Prince's triumphs and disasters. It is also the landscape in which some of the greatest medieval poetry and architecture was created; here many of the troubadours lived, and the lofty castles, Romanesque churches, and fortified villages of their time still beguile the traveller of today. RICHARD BARBER is an expert guide to the region and its history: he made his name as a medieval historian with biographies of Henry II and the Black Prince, and his important study The Knight and Chivalry is rooted in the society of the vast dukedoms of south-west France.
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Step into your backyard, David Wolfe suggests at the outset of this engaging book, and push your thumb and index finger into the root zone of a patch of grass. The pinch of soil you bring up will be a world of its own: "You will likely be holding," he writes, "close to one billion individual living organisms, perhaps ten thousand distinct species of microbes, most of them not yet named, catalogued, or understood."
Scientists are only beginning to comprehend the wealth of life that lies below the earth's surface, observes Wolfe, a soil scientist at Cornell University. Apart from familiar, easily observable subterranean creatures--earthworms, say, or prairie dogs--those scientists have found there progressively tinier forms of life, from "water bears" (tardigrades) and dust mites to microbes whose existence miles below the earth's surface provides keys to the origins of life itself. Noting that the total biomass below the surface may well exceed that above it, Wolfe takes his readers on a learned tour of the subsurface biosphere, layer by layer, mile by mile. What he reports is surprising, and oddly inspiring--for, Wolfe notes, although the human footprint on the soil is deep indeed, and getting deeper, plenty of life occurs beyond our reach.
"We know more about the movement of celestial bodies than about the soil underfoot," Leonardo da Vinci observed five hundred year ago. Wolfe's book helps diminish some of our ignorance, and it is a pleasure to be educated through the course of his pages. --Gregory McNamee
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There are over one billion organisms in a pinch of soil, and many of them perform functions essential to all life on the planet. Yet we know much more about deep space than about the universe below. In Tales from the Underground, Cornell ecologist David W. Wolfe takes us on a spectacular tour of this unfamiliar subterranean world, introducing us to the bizarre creatures that live there, as well as the devoted scientists who study them.
We follow the progress of discovery from Charles Darwin's experiments with earthworms and Lewis and Clark's first encounter with prairie dogs, to the isolation of streptomycin and other antibiotics from the soil and the use of new genetic tools that are revealing an astonishingly rich ecosystem beneath our feet.
The first stop on this amazing journey takes us deep into the earth's rocky crust, where life may have begun-a world devoid of oxygen and light but safe from asteroid bombardment. The recent discovery of unusual microbes that thrive at these depths today has greatly expanded our notion of earth's biodiversity and has forced us to re-draw the evolutionary tree of life. Many scientists now believe that the total amount of biomass underground exceeds that of the surface. Home to miniscule water bears and microscopic bacteria, mole rats and burrowing owls, the underground reigns supreme.
Wolfe lifts the veil on this hidden world, revealing for the first time what makes subterranean life so unique-and so precious. Soil creatures work hard for us, producing important pharmaceuticals, recycling life's essential elements, and helping plants gather nutrients from below. But human activities could easily disrupt the delicate balance within the underground. As Wolfe so eloquently explains, the future of our species may well depend on how we manage our living soil resource.
An original, awe-inspiring journey through a strange realm, Tales of the Underground will forever alter our appreciation of the natural world around-and beneath-us.
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What's under your foot?.......2006-10-15
A great deal, says David Wolfe. It's a busy place beneath your soles, and all that activity is more important than we realise. We should learn more about what's down there as part of our learning how the Earth works. Such an education might well be important to our own survival - both as individuals and as a species. What's underfoot is fundamental in more ways than one.
David Wolfe offers a brief guidebook to that realm in this well-written and fully researched account. His credentials as a soil ecologist provide the foundation for his examination of underground life. As the title implies, there are many stories down there, in both senses of the word. At the surface fresh soil is being created as you read. Deeper down are other, sometimes bizarre tales, which can provide hints to the origins of life. They might even offer evidence of the possibility of life on other planets, particularly Mars. If we find them, will "Martians" display radical forms or habits? A tough question since the life found deep in the Earth is more bizarre than dreamt of a couple of generations ago. Life far below the surface is dominated by "extremophiles" of one kind or another. Microbes that eat petroleum. Others that never see the sun and utilise energy in entirely novel ways. Still others that endure the extreme heat and limited consumables, resulting in a reduced pace in their lifestyle. Instead of reproducing in minutes as do the E. coli in your gut, these deep microbes may take years to generate a new individual.
Those deep-living microbes may have been the beginning of all life. Once started, life remained single-celled for two billion years. However, when cells joined for survival, some interesting combinations occurred. One of the more fascinating accounts in this book tells us about fungi. We generally think of mushrooms when "fungi" is mentioned. Mushrooms, however, are but surface indicators of much greater doings beneath the surface. Fungi may have helped establish the root systems of today's land plants over 450 million years ago. Over that immense stretch of time, there developed an intricate and intimate link between nearly all the trees in any given forest, irrespective of species. The soil under the forest floor is criss-crossed with a network of fungi busy sending nutrients and chemical signals among the stands of trees. It's fungi, of course, that provide the means for plants to obtain needed nitrogen from the atmosphere to make sugars for growth.
Other fungi aren't so kindly, at least as we're concerned. In recent years, a fungus attacking potatoe crops was partly controlled because it couldn't sustain itself in the soil. A new strain, arriving from the Mexican highlands granted an asexual species the ability to sexually reproduce. That quantum step along evolution's path gave the fungus the capacity to sustain itself longer in soil. More significantly, sexual reproduction introduced variants that resist pesticide sprays. Fungi can also infect humans and other animals. Fungi commonly reproduce by ejecting spores into the air. Breathed in, they invade the body causing a variety of flu-like symptoms. While few of these are fatal, children and the elderly, as always, are particularly vulnerable. Closer understanding of soil organisms has led to the development of pharmaceuticals such as streptomycine to combat diseases of many kinds.
Wolfe doesn't restrain his tale to nearly invisible organisms. He also discusses the great soil-builder, the earthworm, the topic of Charles Darwin's final volumes. Larger-sized still, another species faces extinction due to thoughtless human greed. For generations, even city kids learned of the "danger" Prairie Dogs posed to livestock. This myth led to even the federal government fostering extermination programmes. Prairie Dog colonies, which often covered vast areas, are now reduced to a few scattered locations. But it's not the Prairie Dog facing extinction, it's the Black-footed Ferret. The rodent is the ferret's sole food source, and reduced numbers and scattered habitat [which means the ferret must cross farms and roads] have tumbled the population.
Wolfe opens his book stating that his "goals are modest" and that this isn't a comprehensive study. Rightly so, since this is but an introduction to the topic. He's given what he promised in a sprightly presentation that should pique the interest of all. That busy realm is under threat in many ways, and it's up to us to understand something of its value. Take up this book and find out why you should learn about what's under your feet. [stephen a. haines - Ottawa, Canada]
left me not much smarter, but deeply saddened.......2005-08-04
All the great reviews, misled me to expect not only a very readable but also a highly informative text. I was disappointed. The book skips across the vast subject, presenting only an interesting morsel here and there. It tells you a little bit about earth worms, a little bit about extremophiles, and a little about the symbiotic relationship between plants and fungi. All that does not add up to a comprehensive picture of the ground beneath our feet. It is, and I guess the title says that too, a collection of tales, and well-told tales they are. The final one about the war of extinction against ground-dwelling creatures in the US is truelly harrowing. All in all "Tales from the Underground" did little to educate me, but a lot to make very sad about the destruction humanity is visiting on this planet. What a dumb and brutal creature man is.
Underappreciated Life in the Soil.......2005-04-03
Soil organisms seldom get their due. Despite the fact that we gain our food directly or indirectly from the soil, few people think much about what exists between the soil particles. In fact the soil is so full of living things that it could almost be considered to be alive itself. If an alien spacecraft landed on almost any soil surface on earth it would find recognizable life processes without much trouble, but then our planet may be a bit weird (at least as weird as Mars or Saturn's moon Titan!).
David W. Wolfe has presented a very readable and fascinating view of the soil and its biota in his book "Tales from the Underground." From soil microorganisms (some not so "friendly") through earthworms to prairie dogs, the reader it treated to a broad panorama of life. It is now suspected that the number of species in the soil (and even into the rocky crust) may be larger than for that on the surface. E. O. Wilson has said that if he were to have another career it would be in the ecology of the microorganisms in tropical soils, and I think he is on to something.
Sadly, there are relatively few soil biologists. Specialists in, for example, earthworms (creatures that as Darwin noted are largely responsible for the development of humus in the temperate parts of the world), are few and far between as noted by Ehrenfeld in his book "Beginning Again." Yet our crops, and thus our very life on this planet, depend on such soil-forming organisms.
I once visited a citrus grove in Florida where nearly every chlorinated hydrocarbon known to man had been used against the ever present insect pests. It was a spooky place. The soil itself could be used as a pesticide and there were, as far as I could ascertain, no ants or spiders. While I was there I heard no birds singing. All of these observations were certainly odd as in every other grove I had ever visited both ants and spiders were common and bird song could be heard periodically. The only living creatures I found were earwigs! Thousands of them existed under the leaf litter. Apparently resistant to the DDT, chlordane, toxophene, aldrin and dialdrin that had been used on the grove, they had proliferated beyond belief. Human activities such as this, as noted by Wolfe, need to be mitigated if we are to have a sustainable society. We cannot think of nature as something to conquer. His last chapter "The Good Earth" should be read by anyone who has a stake in solving the problems that may lead to our demise as a species- and that means all of us! Still Wolfe points out that we have to be "conditional optimists" to progress. Pessimistic despair will get us nowhere and "pathological optimism" has gotten us to this point. Perhaps it is a time for moderation in our thinking, while knowing that we may have to make some drastic changes in our attitudes to get anywhere! It is certainly unfortunate that several current governments are still in the "pathological optimism" mode, but then facing unpleasant facts is always hard! However, many national and international corporations, the World Bank and a number of insurance agencies are taking the threat seriously. After all they will certainly be affected by such drastic changes that may be in the offing. They cannot afford the head-in-the-sand thinking that politicians seem to need to get re-elected.
Read this book- it will change your attitude about the dirt we walk on and from which we probably originated!
Great introduction to subterranean life.......2004-12-13
_Tales from the Underground_ by David W. Wolfe is an excellent though rather brief introduction to the organisms that live underground; it is only 188 pages long, 206 if one count's the end notes and bibliography (which are quite worthwhile to at least browse). One of the things I liked about the book was that Wolfe was clearly enthusiastic about his subject and expressed a real sense of wonder for the fascinating organisms that dwell under the earth's surface.
He began the book with a nice overall introduction to the subject, more than sufficient to grab my attention. In one just pinch of soil from your backyard, you will be holding close to one billion individual living organisms, including quite a few that are not named, classified, or in any way studied, animals ranging in size from the tiniest of microbes to microscopic threads of fungal hyphae, the total length of which might be best measured in miles, not inches. In a handful of soil there are more creatures than humans currently alive. A typical square yard of soil contains billions of microscopic roundworms called nematodes, a dozen to several hundred earthworms, 100,000 to 500,000 insects and other arthropods, and staggering numbers of single-celled organisms. After reviewing some basics about soil layers and types, he went into more detail about this subterranean world.
The first chapter discussed the origins of life on earth, much of which had to do with life in the soil. The complex structure and chemistry of clay crystals may have played a vital role in the development of life, perhaps initially serving as the "infrastructure" of the first, most primitive organisms, this infrastructure eventually being discarded as more and more organic molecules such as those in amino and nucleic acids took over clay's replication and synthesis functions. According to some theorists clay made possible the very first sequencing of simple proteins and genes thanks to its unique properties.
Chapter two introduced the "extremophiles," organisms that live in hostile environments, many of which exist in subterranean conditions. Some organisms "breathe in" iron oxide (rust) as a substitute for oxygen, while others are able to incorporate cobalt and even uranium into their biological processes. Much of the chapter gave the history of the study of extremophiles, as biologists continually had to revise their notions of what life could tolerate as they found organisms living at ever higher temperatures and depths (with organism at 9,000 foot depths and at temperatures higher than 160 degrees Fahrenheit having been discovered). Of further interest, these organisms may be the most common in the world, with some calculations showing that their total biomass exceeds that of all surface life. Study of one group, lithotrophic microbes, which live buried in basalt rock deep beneath the surface, has been vital in the search for life on other planets.
Chapter three focused primarily on Dr. Carl Woese of the University of Illinois, a researcher who discovered an entire new microbial superkingdom of organisms, the Archaea, a finding that radically changed how the various kingdoms of organisms were classified, a discovery that was highly controversial, as he changed the tree of life from one based primarily on visual characteristics to one based on his molecular approach. Woese found that a number of organisms assumed to be bacteria were something entirely different, as different from bacteria at least as plants are from animals. In the end the new tree of life consists of three superkingdoms or domains, Bacteria, Archaea (which includes many extremophiles), and Eukarya (which encompasses plants, animals, fungi, and protozoa).
Chapter four emphasized the importance of "nitrogen-fixers," a small group of bacteria and archaea that are able to convert nitrogen gas in the atmosphere into a form the rest of life on earth can use, a biological innovation every bit as important as the advent of photosynthesis to the history of life on earth. Wolfe showed the rather intricate symbiosis between nitrogen-fixers and plants as well their complex biology. He also discussed the role of denitrifiers, organisms that aid in the recycling of nitrogen on earth as they are able to convert soil nitrates back into atmospheric nitrogen.
Chapter five dealt with the equally important symbiosis between plants and highly specialized underground fungi, vital in enabling plants to obtain water and nutrients from the soil (and occasionally other plants). More than 90% of the higher plants on the planet today benefit from their association with the delicate threadlike hyphae in their roots, a group known as mycorrhizal fungus. Wolfed discussed the two types, arbuscular mycorrhizae (so named because their unique branching, tree-shaped hyphal structures) and the ectomycorrhizae, both of which are the foundation of most terrestrial ecosystems.
Chapter six dealt with earthworms, much of it providing information and anecdotes about Charles Darwin's decades long study of them. Also vital to ecosystems, they act as biological blenders, fragmenting plant debris and mixing it with the soil and living and dead microbial biomass, creating more surface area for further production of humus.
The next chapter discussed some of the good and bad effects on human health of soil organisms. The passages on the soil-borne pathogen _Clostridium tetani_, the cause of tetanus, made for chilling reading. Wolfe also related information about the fungus-like _Phytopthora infestans_, which causes potato late blight, source of the 1840s potato famine in Ireland (and a disease that may be making a comeback). Soil organisms have also done a lot of good; the root fungus _Trichoderma harzianum_ targets a variety of disease-causing soil microbes, and working in the 1940s soil biologist Dr. Selman Waksman discovered a number of potent antibiotics from soil bacteria.
Chapter eight was quite interesting, dealing with the interesting life history and often tragic human history of three animals, the prairie dog, black-footed ferret, and burrowing owl.
The final chapter dealt with the primary threats to soil ecology, notably soil erosion, toxic waste, and climatic change (both acid rain and global warming).
A great introduction to subterranean life, worthwhile reading.
Examines unexplored terrain.......2002-08-08
This natural history of subterranean life examines unexplored terrain and its unique and varied habitats, from microscopic life to small water bears. Particularly intriguing are the links made between subterranean life and its potentials for assisting mankind.
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Optimization methods in production management are becoming increasingly important for efficient and competitive manufacturing. A collection of tutorial papers on the application of optimization concepts, written by outstanding researchers, is presented in this text. Topics introduced include hierarchical production planning and large scale scheduling, optimal production control, exact and heuristic algorithms for production scheduling and stochastic modelling. The scope of the book is not limited to formal optimization methods: chapters have been devoted to complementary topics such as knowledge based techniques, simulation and the economic evaluation of production management systems.
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Supply Chain Management, Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP), and Advanced Planning Systems (APS) are important concepts in order to organize and optimize the flow of goods, materials, information and funds. This book, already in its fourth edition, gives a broad and up-to-date overview of the concepts underlying APS. Special emphasis is given to modeling supply chains and implementing APS successfully in industry. Understanding is enhanced by several case studies covering a wide range of industrial sectors. The fourth edition contains updated material, rewritten chapters and additional case studies.
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Advanced Planning.......2006-06-24
Any review of supply chain management in general has to begin with Michael Porter's 1985 (now available in a 1998 edition) best seller "Competitive Advantage." For software, one would begin with Christopher Koch's "The ABCs of Supply Chain Management" where he states "Supply chain management software is possibly the most fractured group of software applications on the planet. . . . No one has a complete package." and then move on to the EDIGuys "Supply Chain Information Systems" for specifics on the background, buzz, and hype. But, if you are interested in applying modelling and associated quantitative methods (Advanced Planning) to the supply chain management paradigm, then there is probably no better place to begin than Stadtler and Kilgers book. They lead you through concepts to implementation with six case studies from various industries. And, the supplementary material covering forecast methods, linear and mixed integer programming, genetic algorithms, and constraint programming is invaluable.
Contents.......2005-10-09
For the ones who are interested
PART I. Basics of supply chain management
1. Supply chain management - An overview
1.1 Definitions
1.2 Building blocks
1.3 Origins
2. Supply chain analysis
2.1 Motivation and goals
2.2 Process modelling
2.3 Performance measurement
2.4 Inventory analysis
3. Types of supply chains
3.1 Motivation and basics
3.2 Functional attributes
3.3 Structural attributes
3.4 Example for the consumer goods industry
3.5 Example for the computer assembly
4. Advanced Planning
4.1 What is Planning
4.2 Planning tasks along the supply chain
4.3 Examples of type-specific planning tasks and planning concepts
PART II. Concepts of advanced planning systems
5. Structure of advanced planning systems
6. Strategic network planning
6.1 Components of the strategic network design problem
6.2 Review of models in the literature
6.3 Modelling strategic supply chain design
6.4 SNP Modules in advanced planning systems
6.5 Conclusions
7. Demand planning
7.1 A demand planning framework
7.2 Statistical forecasting techniques
7.3 Incorporation of judgmental factors
7.4 Additional features
8. Master planning
8.1 The decision situation
8.2 Model building
8.3 Generating a plan
9. Demand fulfilment and ATP
9.1 Available-to-promise
9.2 Allocated ATP
9.3 Order promising
10. Production planning and scheduling
10.1 Description of the decision situation
10.2 How to proceed from a model to a production schedule
10.3 Model building
10.4 Updating production schedules
10.5 Number of planning levels and limitations
11. Purchasing and material requirements planning
11.1 Basics of material management planning
11.2 Generation and timing of uncritical orders
11.3 Quantity discounts and supplier selection
12. Distribution and transport planning
12.1 Panning situations
12.2 Models
13. Coordination and integration
13.1 Coordination of APS modules
13.2 Integration of APS
13.3 Supply chain event management
14. Collaborative planning
14.1 Introduction
14.2 Types of collaborations
14.3 A generic collaboration process
14.4 Software support
PART III. Implementing advanced planning systems
15. The definition of a supply chain project
15.1 Supply chain evaluation
15.2 Supply chain potential analysis
15.3 Project roadmap
16. The selection process
16.1 Creation of a short list
16.2 APS requirements
16.3 Implementation and integration
16.4 Post-implementation effort and support model
17. The implementation process
17.1 The APS implementation project
17.2 Modelling phases of an APS-project
PART IV. Actual APS and case studies
18. Architecture of selected APS
18.1 i2 Technologies - i2 Six.One
18.2 Peoplesoft - EnterpriseOne Supply chain planning
18.3 SAP - APO
19. SCM in a pharmaceutical company
19.1 Case description
19.2 Objectives of project
19.3 Planning process
19.4 Results and lessons learned
20. Food and beverages
20.1 Case description
20.2 Aim of the project
20.3 Model building in Peoplesoft Strategic Network Optimization
20.4 Implementing the Master Planning Model
20.5 Results and lessons learned
21. Computer assembly
21.1 Description of the computer assembly case
21.2 Scope and objectives
21.3 Planning process in detail
21.4 Summary and lessons learned
22. Demand planning of styrene plastics
22.1 Description of the supply chain
22.2 The architecture of the planning system
22.3 Model building with SAP APO Demand planning
22.4 The demand planning process of the styrene plastics division
22.5 Concluding remarks
23. Semiconductor manufacturing
23.1 Case description
23.2 Objectives of project
23.3 Model building with i2 Factory planner
23.4 Lessons learned
24. Scheduling of synthetic granulate
24.1 Case description
24.2 Objectives
24.3 Modelling the production process in APO PP/DS
24.4 Planning process
24.5 Results and lessons learned
PART V. Conclusions and outlook
25. Conclusions and outlook
PART VI. Supplement
26. Forecast methods
26.1 Forecasting for seasonality and trend
26.2 Initialization of trend and seasonal coefficients
27. Linear and mixed integer programming
27.1 Linear programming
27.2 Pure integer and mixed integer programming
27.3 Remarks and recommendations
28. Genetic algorithms
28.1 General idea
28.2 Population and individuals
28.3 Evaluation and selection of individuals
28.4 Recombination and mutation
28.5 Conclusions
29. Constraint programming
29.1 Overview and general idea
29.2 Constraint satisfaction problems
29.3 Constraint propagation
29.4 Search algorithms
29.5 Concluding remarks
A very broad view of Supply Chain Management and APS.......2002-01-14
This book will give every reader a very good view of the Supply Chain Management concepts. It will take the reader from the Strategic point of view, through the Demand Planning Systems to the Advance Planning Systems. A very good book to put every concept into a global perspective, with some case studies that will help the reader to make the transition from the theory to the pratical aspect of Supply Chain Information Systems.
State-of-the Art thinking on Supply Chain Management.......2001-10-11
I was pleasantly surprised and impressed with the high quality and standard of the book, Supply Chain Management and Advanced Planning. It reflects state-of-the-art thinking as well as current views, and contains up-to-date case studies of supply chain management and advanced planning systems. There is no doubt that the authors are working at the cutting edge of the supply chain management field. They show intimate knowledge of practical advanced planning applications as well as implementation issues around a variety of commercially available software systems.
Recent information technology developments have changed modern manufacturing organizations dramatically. We have witnessed the introduction of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems, such as SAP and BAAN, aimed at integrating internal processes in an organization. These systems cut across multiple functional areas and provide a corporate wide database with all the relevant data of an organization. Many believed that these systems would address all the problems and lead to drastic improvements of business performance. This focus on internal processes, however, was not sufficient since, in a sense, it was not able to cope with the exceptions and with the variability that confront organizations on a daily basis. State-of-the-art planning procedures, provided by Advanced Planning Systems (APS), are required to allow organizations to reduce the amount of exceptional situations. An APS exploits the environment created by ERP systems and this has created major breakthroughs in enterprise wide planning. The impact has spread wider to collaborative planning amongst supply chain partners. This book is devoted to Advanced Planning Systems, the concepts underlying these, the current limitations of APS, how it links and interacts with ERP systems, what is required for successful implementation, etc. Through using, testing and implementing APS modules developed by companies such as i2 Technologies, J.D. Edwards and SAP A.G., the authors gained many insights. Practical real-world experiences are captured in the various chapters of the book.
This book covers an immense quantity of Supply Chain Management material. It is presented in a logical and easily understandable way. Here and there it is obvious that the authors are not fully comfortable with English but it is not very distracting. The book is comprehensive and the different aspects of supply chain management are outlined in great detail. I found the book a real pleasure to work through. What impressed me most was the ease with which the authors of the various chapters dealt with complex and sometimes very interrelated supply chain aspects. From a personal point of view, the emphasis on quantitative tools to assist and improve planning was very encouraging. This is something that is not recognized and appreciated enough. This book is a must for every logistics professional. Buying this book will be a worthwhile investment!
Good reference for advance supply chain management analyst.......2001-07-26
It is very good reference for all analyst to have this book. It explain the detail configuration to achieve optimum supply chain effectiveness. At the end of this book, it introduces also solutions for advance planning by several high-end vendors such as J.D. Edwards etc.
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A lushly illustrated edition of a world classic
The third in this series of illustrated Japanese classics, The Tale of Genji again combines Miyata's captivating paper cut-outs with a modern retelling of a vintage story. This well-known tale of the amorous adventures of Prince Genji is widely considered world literature's first novel, and with
its precise and poetic prose, it is also considered one of its finest.
Written with precision by a lady of the Japanese court, Genji's Don Juan-like clandestine rendezvous with lovers in their perfumed boudoirs or on mossy moonlit garden paths, continues to intrigue lovers of literature. What sets Genji apart from the typically carefree playboy is the intensity of his
emotional attachment for each of his lovers. Long after an affair has ended, Genji continues to cherish the encounter. His is an age-old tale, as well as a poignant and brilliant portrait of Japan's ancient court life.
Customer Reviews:
great story, beautiful illustrations, disapointing format.......2006-05-10
Its a great book with beautiful illustrations, stories. The stories written alongside in Kanji script makes the book even better. However, the illustrations split randomly across two pages, destroys the beauty of Miyata Masayuki's paper cuts outs. Wish the book will be reformatted in the future to accomodate the illustrations in full on one page.
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