Operations Management
2nd Edition
Published on 1. December 1995
Book
Hardback
823 pages
978-0-07-114137-6 (ISBN)
Description
A second edition of this title, which now covers the cost and competitive advantages of quality and coverage of TQM and quality function deployment. New material on determining facility size and capacity, international operations and continuous improvement and process reengineering has also been included.
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Series
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
Revised edition
Illustrations
illustrations (chiefly colour) facsimiles (some colour), colour plan
Dimensions
Height: 230 mm
Width: 203 mm
Weight
1320 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-114137-6 (9780071141376)
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Content
Part 1 Foundation material: zeroing in on operations - supplements; historical perspective: progress in operations management; tour of a repetitive production plant - Nissan Motor Manufacturing Corporation, USA; tour of a job shop - Teledyne-Brown engineering fabricaiton and assembly plant 1; tour of a service operation - a view of Wal-Mart's distribution system; strategic guidance for operations - supplement; seeking excellence through quality management; forecasting demand. Part 2 Design of operations systems: facilities' location; general configuration and mode of processing; application of technology for competitive advantage; design of jobs and compensation; review and redesign for continuous improvement.