New Business Book Just Released - Common Sense Supply Management: Tales from the Supply Chain Trenches

Milwaukee, WI, September 21, 2012 --(PR.com)-- Common Sense Supply Management is a no-holds-barred practical guide to supply management and process improvement. If readers dislike consultants, buzzwords and theory, then this non-traditional book is meant for them. Straight forward and to the point, the book will be difficult to put down until readers have finished the supply management adventure. Dr. Tom DePaoli, a veteran supply management pro, learned his lessons the hard way and wants to share his valuable insights with all business professionals.

In his new guide to supply management, author Dr. Tom DePaoli offers no-nonsense strategies learned from his diverse career in many organizations. Told in part via a story format, Common Sense Supply Management - Tales From the Supply Chain Trenches uses real life examples to discuss what goes right, and often wrong, in the supply chain management trenches. The stories are told factually without any embellishing notes to distract the reader. By carefully following this book's accounts, supply management professionals can learn a career's worth of what to do and what not to do. DePaoli provides practical lessons launched from real-life cases and tested in the unforgiving supply chain management reality.

Supply chain management continues to form the backbone of most companies. Knowing how to orchestrate its complexity can give an organization a strong competitive edge. The supply managers who are willing to take the journey and possess the indomitable spirit necessary to succeed will greatly benefit from this unorthodox but powerful guide.

“Supply management covers more breadth and depth than any other discipline in an organization,” says DePaoli. “It is the art of building multiple relationships.”

Book Information:
Common Sense Supply Management: Tales From The Supply Chain Trenches
Author: Dr. Tom DePaoli
Publisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 978-1477686454
Pages: 202
Published: September 2012

About The Author:
Dr. Tom Depaoli is currently the Management Program Director at Marian University in Fond du Lac Wisconsin. He is the Principal of Apollo Solutions (www.apollosolutions.us) which does general business consulting in the human resources, supply chain and lean six sigma areas. The company was founded in 1995. He retired from the Navy Reserve after over 30 years of service. In other civilian careers, he was a supply chain and human resources executive with corporate purchasing turnaround experience and Lean Six Sigma deployments. He has worked for over 10 major companies and consulted for over 50 organizations throughout my career. Some of his consulting projects included: information systems projects, re-engineering organizations, transformation, e-procurement, e-commerce, change management, global sourcing and negotiating. His industry experience is in the chemical, paper, pharmaceutical, IT, automotive, government, consumer, equipment, services and consulting industries. He has been published extensively in journals, magazines and books. He has been been involved in many forms of communications including website design, marketing campaigns, political campaigns, radio advertisements, and scripts.

For more information, review copies, or interviews please contact:
Dr. Tom DePaoli
Email: drtomd@gmail.com
Website: www.CommonSenseSupplyManagement.com

Common Sense Supply Management is available for purchase online through the author’s website, from the publisher, Amazon.com, BN.com and other online retailers. Bookstores should contact Ingram for wholesale orders.