Technology Trends in Materials Management

This is a textbook about the key three pillars of Material Management; Warehousing, Procurement, and Distribution, and technology trends that being offered to improve these three functions. The book describes all activities and duties of each pillar in detail in order to let readers be familiar with the basic functions of each of them. After explaining the basic responsibilities of (Warehousing, Procurement, and Distribution), the book then moved to focus on the technology applications in each of them, bringing up all new technologies and innovations that have been developed to increase productivity in the three functions and minimize costs and errors. The author concentrated on the results that directly affect customer service, costs, productivity, quality of work, and achieving strategic objectives by implementing such technologies in Material management.