Finch, Byron J.

Operations management : competing in a changing environment / Byron J. Finch and Richard L. Luebbe. - Fort Worth : Dryden, 1995. - xxxi, 559 p. : col. ill., col. ports.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Part I: Foundations of operations management -- Introduction to operations management -- Introduction to manufacturing environments -- Introduction to service environments -- Operations as a strategic weapon -- Part II: New directions in operations management -- Total quality management -- Quality management tools -- The just-in-time philosophy -- Constraint management -- Part III: Planning for operations -- Forecasting demand -- Aggregate planning -- Planning facility locations -- Planning facility layouts -- Planning for projects -- Part IV: Managing the physical system -- Managing inventory -- Managing capacity -- Scheduling resources -- System improvement through productivity management.

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