Principles of operations management : building and managing world class operations / Barry Render, Jay Heizer.
By: Render, Barry.
Contributor(s): Heizer, Jay H.
Material type: BookPublisher: Boston [Mass.]. London : Allyn and Bacon, c1994Description: xvi,624p : ill (some col.), ports ; 28cm + pbk.ISBN: 0205158706 (m); 0205156444 (v) (USA); 0205158552 (x) (3.5" disks, not included); 0205158595 (x) (5.25" disks, not included).Subject(s): Production managementDDC classification: 658.5Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Lending | 658.5 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00038293 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This text is designed as an alternative to the third edition of Production and Operations Management: Strategies and Tactics. It is a shorter, less technical introduction to the material, created for undergraduate courses in production and operations management.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Part One: Introduction -- Introduction to operations management, productivity and strategy -- Decision making tools -- Forecasting -- Part Two: Building world-class operations -- Total quality management -- Statistical quality control -- Product and service design for world-class operations -- Linear programming -- Process and capacity design in world-class operations -- Selecting the location -- Transportation modeling -- People and work systems in world-class operations -- Learning curves -- Layout of world-class operations -- Queues and waiting line models -- Part Three: Managing world-class operations -- Aggregate planning tactics -- Just-in-time systems and purchasing management -- Inventory management -- Simulation -- Material requirements planning -- Short-term scheduling -- Maintenance management -- Project management.