Modern Production/operations ManagementProvides 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. Provides treatments of multi-criteria decision methods, quality control, and operations strategy not found in other texts. Divided into four sections, the first convincingly 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. |
Contents
CONTENTS | 3 |
Historical Perspective | 9 |
The AncientsThe Industrial RevolutionThe Scientific Management | 12 |
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activity actual demand aggregate planning alternate ambulance assembly basic Branch and Bound breakdown buffer stock capacity planning changes criteria cycle Delphi Delphi method determine developed distribution cost economic effect Equation equipment estimate evaluated example exponential smoothing facilities fixed cost forecast errors forecasting methods Fourier series function increase industry innovations input inventory level involving job design labor layout linear programming Lost sales machine maintenance Management Science managerial manufacturing materials measure minimize minimum moving average objective Operations Research optimal optimum output overtime percent performance period personnel plant Poisson distribution policies predictions present value preventive maintenance problem productive system regression analysis sample schedule service level shift shown in Figure simulation situation slack smoothed average solution standard strategy subjective factors Table trend units per day variable variation waiting line warehouse location week workers