RECOMMENDED READING LIST OFF THE SHELF
A
rmy leaders have always encouraged their Soldiers to read. Even—and especially— in this age of information overload, the pursuit of knowledge through books is essential to develop a fuller understanding of acquisition, logistics and technology. In the words of GEN Raymond T. Odierno, chief of staff of the Army, “We can never
spend too much time reading and thinking about the Army profession and its interaction with the world at large. … T ere is simply no better way to prepare for the future than a disciplined, focused commitment to a personal course of reading, study, thought, and refl ection.” On that note, we publish Off the Shelf as a regular feature to bring you recommended reading from Army AL&T professionals.
ENGINEERS OF VICTORY by Paul Kennedy (New York, NY: Random
2013, 464 pages) Kennedy,
KAIZEN IN LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAINS by Euclides A. Coimbra (New York, NY: McGraw-Hill Professional, 2013, 384 pages)
House, award-
winning author of “T e Rise and Fall of the Great Powers” and a renowned historian, provides a glimpse into the strategies used to win World War II. “Engineers of Victory” is a nuts-and- bolts account of how the leaders’ grand strategy was carried out by the ordinary Soldiers, scientists, engineers and busi- nessmen responsible for realizing their commanders’ visions of success. In Jan- uary 1943, President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill convened to estab- lish the Allied objectives
for ending
the war against Germany and Japan. T ese included controlling the Atlan- tic and the air over western and central Europe, and taking the fi ght to the European mainland. A little over a year later, these ambitious goals had nearly all been accomplished. Kennedy’s book reveals how.
T is book helps explain the major infl uences for inventory and lead times. Furmans notes that stochastic eff ects—which occur through
a combination of predictable and random behavior or events—are mostly ignored when designing material handling or production systems. Based on this knowledge, he con- cludes that it is possible to identify areas of improvement in material handling systems. Furmans uses his experience as the chair of logistics at the Universität Karlsruhe and as the former head of the research group Material Handling Systems to bridge the gap between stochastic modeling and practical engineering, by combining the theoretical background with modeling examples in several areas of application. T is book is a use- ful supplement to master’s and Ph.D. courses for students interested in engineering and operations management.
Coimbra is a managing director of Kaizen Institute Iberia and an authority in the design of supply chain and logistics systems, having led international consulting project teams at Nestlé, Volvo, Rusal, Bosch and other companies. In this book, he gives a highly
detailed explanation of how Kaizen (continuous quality improvement) principles can transform logistics and streamline supply chain processes. Continuing the themes from the best-seller “Gemba Kaizen” by Masaaki Imai, Coimbra expands on how these ideas have been successfully applied, including a case study. T e work contains a wealth of additional information in more than 200 photographs, fl ow diagrams, value stream maps and tables.
MATERIAL HANDLING AND PRODUCTION SYSTEMS MODELLING – BASED ON QUEUING MODELS by Kai Furmans (New York, NY: Springer, 2013, 150 pages)
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