Modern Production/Operations Management
8th Edition
Published on 13. February 1987
Book
Hardback
834 pages
978-0-471-81905-9 (ISBN)
Description
Provided in this book is a conceptual and analytical operations management framework for both manufacturing and service firms. The thrust of this new edition is more quantitative in approach and more comprehensive in its discussion of strategic issues. It provides treatments of multi-criteria decision methods, quality control and operations strategy. Divided into four sections, the first demonstrates that the operations function is of paramount importance in the success of a firm. The second section presents quantitative models, and the third and final sections discuss the design of operations systems, advanced technologies, strategy, formulation and implementation.
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Series
Edition
8th Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Publishing group
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
Ill.
Dimensions
Height: 242 mm
Width: 195 mm
Weight
1449 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-471-81905-9 (9780471819059)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
CLASSIFICATION AND IMPORTANCE OF OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT. Operations Management in Corporate Profitability and Competitiveness. Types and Characteristics of Manufacturing Systems. Types and Characteristics of Service Systems. OPERATIONS PLANNING AND CONTROL. Forecasting for Operations. Inventory Planning and Control. Material Requirements Planning. Linear Programming--A Methodological Overview. Planning Production in Aggregate Terms. Simulation Analysis--A Methodological Overview. Operations Management. Quality Assurance. Statistical Quality Control Methods. Japanese Manufacturing Systems. DESIGN OF OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS. Product/Process Design and Technological Choice Supplement: Capital Costs and Investment Criteria. Waiting Line Models and Applications to Service System Design. Capacity Planning. Locating and Distribution. Design of Processes, Jobs, and Work Measurement. Facility Layout and Assembly Line Balancing. Multicriteria Decisions--A Methodological Overview. OPERATIONS STRATEGY AND THE FIRM. Framework for Operations Strategy Formulation. Implementing Operations Strategy. SYNTHESIS AND CONCLUSIONS. Operations Systems of the Future. Appendices. Tables.