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Operations management / Nigel Slack ... [et al.].
By: Slack, Nigel
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Contributor(s): Chambers, Stuart | Harland, Christine.
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BookPublisher: London : Pitman, 1995Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xiv, 914 p. : ill ; 25 cm. + pbk.ISBN: 0273626884 .Subject(s): Production managementDDC classification: 658.5
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| General Lending | MTU Bishopstown Library Store Item | 658.5 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00076173 |
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
This text is written to provide a path through the activities of operations management and an understanding of the strategic context in which operations managers work. It looks at the manager's contribution to long term successes, explains why operations managers take decisions in each area; it covers ideas relevant to most types of operation and its use of materials and examples is international in scope.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Part 1 Introduction
- 1 Operations management Effective operations management
- 2 The strategic role and objectives of operations The role of operations function
- 3 Operations strategy What is strategy?
- Part 2 Design
- 4 Design in operations management What is design?
- 5 The design of products and services The competitive advantage of good design
- 6 Design of the operations network The network perspective
- 7 Layout and flow The layout procedure
- 8 Process technology What is process technology?
- 9 Job design and work organisation The design of jobs
- Part 3 Planning and Control
- 10 The nature of planning and control What is planning and control
- 11 Capacity planning and control What is capacity?
- 12 Inventory planning and control What is inventory?
- 13 Supply chain planning and control What is supply chain planning and control?
- 14 MRP What is MRP?
- 15 Just-in-time planning and control What is just-in-time?
- 16 Project planning and control What is a project?
- 17 Quality planning and control What is quality and why is it so important?
- Part 4 Improvement
- 18 Operations improvement Measuring and improving performance
- 19 Failure prevention and recovery System failure
- 20 Total quality management The origins of TQM
- Part 5 The Operations Challenge
- 21 The operations challenge The strategy challenge