When's the last time you had an entertaining and informative crash course on how to manage your supply chain more efficiently and profitably? Dummies across the industry gained that opportunity recently when JDA Software Group Inc. announced the publication of Supply Chain for Dummies, a nine-chapter guide to the discipline by JDA experts Razat Gaurav, Prashant Bhatia, and Madhav Durbha.

Written in the tradition of the classic "For Dummies" series of reference books from publisher John Wiley & Sons Inc., Supply Chain for Dummies drills down to the best practices to plan, source, make, and deliver products in a competitive global economy. Its chapters include:

• A look at supply chains today
• Examining supply chain challenges
• Delighting the omnichannel consumer
• The value of supply chain technology
• The key to achieving supply chain excellence in manufacturing
• Focusing on profitable fulfillment
• The key to achieving success in retail
• The benefits of collaboration
• Nine common myths about supply chain technology.

To obtain a digital or hardcopy edition, visit www.jda.com/dummies.Business Management