烟台大学经济管理学院现代物流英文 Lecture9.pdfVIP

Lecture 9 Materials Management Part 1 Materials Management 1. Definition Materials management is an integral part of logistics flow. It can be formally defined as follows: materials management is a single- manager organization concept embracing the planning, organization,motivating and controlling of all those activities and personnel principally concerned with the flow of materials into an organization. 2. The importance of materials management Materials management is responsible for making materials available to the production process. So i