
Manufacturing Operations Strategy
Texts and Cases
Alex Hill(Author)
Red Globe Press
3rd Edition
Published on 10. February 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
520 pages
978-0-230-52091-2 (ISBN)
Description
In many industrial companies, strategic developments are predominantly based on corporate marketing decisions with manufacturing being forced to react to these at the back end of process. In Manufacturing Strategy, Terry Hill demonstrates how decisions over manufacturing should form part of the strategic direction of the company as a whole.
Reviews / Votes
Hill's practical approach to integrating high level manufacturing decisions into a strategic framework can create a foundation for business success. The models developed can be used by industrialists, academics and student to gain insights into the critical issue of how to gain competitive advantage from manufacturing. The application of these models is widely applicable across many industrial sectors as diverse as printing, automotive, aerospace and consumer goods. - Trevor Pye, Principle Lecturer, Engineering and Knowledge Management, Coventry University Terry and Alex Hill use the well established model of order qualifiers and winners to provide an excellent textbook that explains both the importance of manufacturing operations strategy and steps towards its successful implementation. The book provides practical guidance for managers and executives of manufacturing organisations trying to understand and implement an operations strategy, and students studying operations management. - Chris Tsinopoulos, Lecturer in Operations and Strategy at Durham University, UK and an assessor of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers' Manufacturing Excellence awards Manufacturing Operations Strategy gives a clear insight of the crucial issues faced by world class organisations. This text will broaden understanding of the elements that configure a successful operations strategy for engineering and business students and practitioners. - Daniel Arias-Aranda, Associate Professor of Operations Management, Director of the Centre for Business Development and Planning, University of Granada, SpainMore details
Edition
3rd ed. 2009
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 246 mm
Width: 190 mm
Thickness: 28 mm
Weight
1187 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-230-52091-2 (9780230520912)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-137-07690-8
Schweitzer Classification
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E-Book
03/2020
3rd Edition
Red Globe Press
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Terry Hill
Manufacturing Strategy: Texts and Cases
Book
10/2000
2nd Edition
Palgrave Macmillan
€49.51
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Person
TERRY HILL is Professor of Operations Management at Templeton College, Oxford, UK and is a leading, international figure in the field of operations management. Before moving into higher education he spent several years in operations management and continues to have a successful consultancy practice. He has held previous appointments at Bath and Warwick Universities.
ALEX HILL is Principal Lecturer in the School of Business Strategy and Operations and a member of the Operations Research Group (ORG) at Kingston University, Kingston-upon-Thames, UK.
ALEX HILL is Principal Lecturer in the School of Business Strategy and Operations and a member of the Operations Research Group (ORG) at Kingston University, Kingston-upon-Thames, UK.
Content
International Comparisons.- Developing a Manufacturing Strategy: Principles and Concepts.- Order: Winners and Qualifiers.- Developing a Manufacturing Strategy: Methodology.- Process Choice.- Product Profiling.- Focused Manufacturing: Principles and Concepts.- Focus: Methodology.- Make or Buy and Managing the Supply Chain.- Manufacturing Infrastructure Development.- Accounting, Finance and Manufacturing Strategy.- Case Studies.