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Supply Chain Resources

The BISG Supply Chain Committee recommends these resources for their value to book industry professionals. This list is a work in progress and we welcome suggestions; if you have other interests or learning needs that you would like us to consider, let us know! Have a resource you love but don’t see it here? Fill out our suggestion form so we can add it. 

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Supply Chain Committee Content

The Supply Chain Committee has produced content and programming to help educate the industry. You can view all our available content and programming on BISG’s Knowledge Center. Below is a selection of supply chain content we'd like to highlight.


Resources coming soon, stay tuned!

Additional Resources / Recommended Reading & Listening


These are outside metadata resources curated and recommended by the BISG Supply Chain Committee.

New to the book industry? Start here with the essentials.


Blog Posts & Newsletters


Books

  • Bare Bones Change Management
    Written by Bob Lewis

  • Bare Bones Project Management
    Written by Bob Lewis

  • Cointelligence
    Written by Ethan Mollick | "A smart take on generative AI." —Ken Brooks

  • Enterprise Sales and Operations Planning: Synchronizing Demand, Supply and Resources for Peak Performance
    Written by George E. Palmatier

  • HBR's 10 Must Reads On Change Management 
    Written by Harvard Business Review,  John P. Kotter,  W. Chan Kim,  Renee A. Mauborgne

  • Principles of Product Development Flow
    Written by Donald G. Reinertsen

  • Steady Work
    Written by Karen Gaudet

  • The Goal
    Written by Eliyahu M. Goldratt

  • There’s No Such Thing as an IT Project
    Written by Bob Lewis & Dave Kaiser

  • Thinking Fast & Slow
    Written by Daniel Kahneman

  • Turning Pages
    Written by John Sargent 


Podcasts


Reports & Papers


Webinars & Educational Programming

FAQs

The Book Industry Study Group is compiling answers to a list of frequently asked supply chain questions. We expect this comprehensive list will be most useful to those professionals who are new to working in the supply chain, as well as seasoned veterans who may need a refresher on specific terminology or best practices. If you have a question you’d like to see answered, or if you have an answer you’d like us to consider hosting, please reach out to us here.