Principles of Operations ManagementThis introduction to operations management presents a state-of-the-art view of the primary activities of the operations function in organizations. New chapters on Global Operations and Supply Chain Management, a free CD-ROM is packaged with every book and comprehensive web site support is provided. This paperback text has the same 17 core chapters as Heizer/Render's Operations Management, 5/e but does not have the 6 quantitative modules. Part of the JIT program. |
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Operations and Productivity | 1 |
Maintenance and Reliability 697 Thinking Exercise 712 Problems 712 Case | 17 |
Critical Thinking Exercise 25 | 25 |
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Action box aggregate planning Airlines analysis bill of material break-even capacity changes Chapter competitive advantage components computer-aided design control chart control limits cycle decisions defective delivery demand determine DISCUSSION QUESTIONS e-commerce efficient electronic employees engineering Enterprise Resource Planning equipment example exponential smoothing facility factors Figure firm flexibility focus forecast holding cost human resource Identify improve increase industry inspection INTERNET EXERCISES inventory investment labor layout machine manufacturing mass customization material requirements plan moving average needed net present value operations managers options organization performance period plant poka-yoke POM for Windows product development programs purchasing reduce regression requirements sample scheduling setup Solved Problem Southwestern University standard deviation Statistical process control strategy suppliers supply chain Table techniques tion trend units variable costs week weight