Matching Supply with Demand: An Introduction to Operations ManagementMATCHING SUPPLY WITH DEMAND by Cachon and Terwiesch is the most authoritative, cutting-edge book for operations management MBAs. The book demands rigorous analysis on the part of students without requiring consistent use of sophisticated mathematical modeling to perform it. When the use of quantitative tools or formal modeling is indicated, it is only to perform the necessary analysis needed to inform and support a practical business solution. |
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Matching Supply with Demand: An Introduction to Operations Management Gerard Cachon,Christian Terwiesch No preview available - 2006 |
Matching Supply with Demand: An Introduction to Operations Management Gérard Cachon,Christian Terwiesch No preview available - 2009 |
Matching Supply with Demand: An Introduction to Operations Management Gérard Cachon,Christian Terwiesch No preview available - 2006 |
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A/F ratio activity analysis assembly Assume average batch bottleneck buffer bullwhip effect call center Chapter coefficient of variation compute control charts critical ratio customers defects demand forecast Distribution Function Table distribution with mean evaluate example expected back order expected demand expected lost sales expected profit Expected sales Figure fill rate firm flow rate flow unit Hammer holding cost hour implied utilization in-stock probability increase interarrival interventional radiology inventory costs inventory turns kanban line balancing Little's Law loss function machine make-to-order minutes minutes/unit mismatch cost newsvendor model O'Neill O'Neill's operations order quantity order-up-to level order-up-to model patients percent performance measures period Poisson distribution pooling process capacity process flow diagram process step production reactive capacity reduce resource retailer revenue ROIC scooter season second order sell standard deviation steer support supplier supply chain Toyota Toyota Production System variability waiting week Xootr z-statistic