Finally an HN question that I can respond to! I would recommend reading this book for a very good, but broad and high level intro: http://www.amazon.com/Intro

Finally an HN question that I can respond to! I would recommend reading this book for a very good, but broad and high level intro: http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Materials-Management-Tony-Arnold/dp/0131376705 http://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Materials-Management-Tony... This will cover topics like BOMs, MOQ, Safety Stock, Inventory strategy, warehousing etc. Next I would recommend reading up on the following phrases: "product development" and "new product introduction" / "NPI" http://www.amazon.com/Best-Practices-New-Product-Introductions-ebook/dp/B005M8V1Q2 http://www.amazon.com/Best-Practices-New-Product-Introductio... http://www.amazon.com/Principles-Product-Development-Flow-Generation/dp/1935401009 http://www.amazon.com/Principles-Product-Development-Flow-Ge... Lean training/reading never hurts either. Note: this is supply chain lean vs "lean start up". http://www.amazon.com/Lean-Dummies-Natalie-J-Sayer/dp/1118117565 http://www.amazon.com/Lean-Dummies-Natalie-J-Sayer/dp/111811...