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Principles of operations management : building and managing world class operations / Barry Render, Jay Heizer.

By: Render, Barry.
Contributor(s): Heizer, Jay H.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: 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: 658.5
Contents:
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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 658.5 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00038293
Total holds: 0

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.

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