Operations Management
Published on 29. May 1992
Book
Paperback/Softback
364 pages
978-0-333-56983-2 (ISBN)
Description
This introductory text on operations management is suitable for those studying the subject on first degree, certificate and diploma courses in management studies. It examines the ways an organization turns its resources into goods or services while stressing that the aim is to make managers more effective and not to make suggestions for their replacement. The various topics are introduced by short case studies and each chapter, while stating its learning objectives, contains student activities and end-of-chapter review questions.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Basingstoke
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Illustrations
bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 138 mm
Weight
540 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-333-56983-2 (9780333569832)
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Content
Managing the product; reliability; planning and control; managing independent inventory; managing dependent demand; managing costs; managing the process; managing performance (1) - definitions, the pioneers, Fidelity Fan Co., method study, chapter review questions; managing performance (2) - work measurement, chapter review questions; managing performance (3) - incentives, chapter review questions; managing time; plant related decisions; managing numbers - the distributions; managing numbers - statistical process control; forecasting - managing the future; answers to chapter review questions.