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Modern Production/Operations Management / Elwood Spencer Buffa; Rakesh K. Sarin.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Wiley, 1987Copyright date: ©1987Edition: Eighth editionDescription: xiv,834 pages ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0471819050
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 658.5 23 B.E.M.
Contents:
CLASSIFICATION AND IMPORTANCE OF OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT. Operations Management in Corporate Profitability and Competitiveness. Types and Characteristics of Manufacturing Systems. Types and Characteristics of Service Systems. OPERATIONS PLANNING AND CONTROL. Forecasting for Operations. Inventory Planning and Control. Material Requirements Planning. Linear Programming--A Methodological Overview. Planning Production in Aggregate Terms. Simulation Analysis--A Methodological Overview. Operations Management. Quality Assurance. Statistical Quality Control Methods. Japanese Manufacturing Systems. DESIGN OF OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS. Product/Process Design and Technological Choice Supplement: Capital Costs and Investment Criteria. Waiting Line Models and Applications to Service System Design. Capacity Planning. Locating and Distribution. Design of Processes, Jobs, and Work Measurement. Facility Layout and Assembly Line Balancing. Multicriteria Decisions--A Methodological Overview. OPERATIONS STRATEGY AND THE FIRM. Framework for Operations Strategy Formulation. Implementing Operations Strategy. SYNTHESIS AND CONCLUSIONS. Operations Systems of the Future. Appendices. Tables.
Summary: Provided in this book is a conceptual and analytical operations management framework for both manufacturing and service firms. The thrust of this new edition is more quantitative in approach and more comprehensive in its discussion of strategic issues.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

CLASSIFICATION AND IMPORTANCE OF OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT. Operations Management in Corporate Profitability and Competitiveness. Types and Characteristics of Manufacturing Systems. Types and Characteristics of Service Systems. OPERATIONS PLANNING AND CONTROL. Forecasting for Operations. Inventory Planning and Control. Material Requirements Planning. Linear Programming--A Methodological Overview. Planning Production in Aggregate Terms. Simulation Analysis--A Methodological Overview. Operations Management. Quality Assurance. Statistical Quality Control Methods. Japanese Manufacturing Systems. DESIGN OF OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS. Product/Process Design and Technological Choice Supplement: Capital Costs and Investment Criteria. Waiting Line Models and Applications to Service System Design. Capacity Planning. Locating and Distribution. Design of Processes, Jobs, and Work Measurement. Facility Layout and Assembly Line Balancing. Multicriteria Decisions--A Methodological Overview. OPERATIONS STRATEGY AND THE FIRM. Framework for Operations Strategy Formulation. Implementing Operations Strategy. SYNTHESIS AND CONCLUSIONS. Operations Systems of the Future. Appendices. Tables.

Provided in this book is a conceptual and analytical operations management framework for both manufacturing and service firms. The thrust of this new edition is more quantitative in approach and more comprehensive in its discussion of strategic issues.

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