
Operations Management: Policy, Practice and Performance Improvement
Policy, practice and performance improvement
Butterworth-Heinemann (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 6. June 2001
Book
Paperback/Softback
448 pages
978-0-7506-4995-7 (ISBN)
Description
'Operations Management: policy, practices, performance improvement' is the latest state-of-the-art approach to operations management. It provides new cutting edge input into operations management theory and practice that cannot be found in any other text.
Discussing both strategic and tactical inputs it combines and balances service and manufacturing operations.
* Cutting edge techniques accompanied by brand new case studies
* Challenges standard approaches
* Comprehensive coverage of strategic supply management
* Critical sample questions to aid discussion
* Reading lists and articles to support learning
* Additional lecturer support material
This outstanding author team is from the Operations Management Group at the University of Bath. Their expertise and knowledge is apparent in the text, and they bring to it their original research and experience in the field of operations management.
Discussing both strategic and tactical inputs it combines and balances service and manufacturing operations.
* Cutting edge techniques accompanied by brand new case studies
* Challenges standard approaches
* Comprehensive coverage of strategic supply management
* Critical sample questions to aid discussion
* Reading lists and articles to support learning
* Additional lecturer support material
This outstanding author team is from the Operations Management Group at the University of Bath. Their expertise and knowledge is apparent in the text, and they bring to it their original research and experience in the field of operations management.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Undergraduate Students on Business degrees.
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 189 mm
Weight
830 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7506-4995-7 (9780750649957)
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Other editions
Additional editions

Steve Brown | Kate Blackmon | Paul Cousins
Operations Management: Policy, Practice and Performance Improvement
E-Book
06/2013
1st Edition
Routledge
€138.99
Available for download

Steve Brown | Kate Blackmon | Paul Cousins
Operations Management: Policy, Practice and Performance Improvement
E-Book
06/2013
1st Edition
Routledge
€138.99
Available for download
Persons
Steve Brown, Kate Blackmon, Paul Cousins, Harvey Maylor
Content
Policy - Preface to part 1; Introduction to operations management; Operations strategy; Innovation; Process; Practices - Preface to part 2; Managing capacity/scheduling; Managing throughout; Managing quality; Managing projects; Performance improvement; Preface to part 3; Understanding and managing performance; Improving performance: tactics 1; Improving performance: tactics 2; World-class/future issues; Appendices.