Operations Management with POM Software CD-ROM
Excellent topic coverage - I especially like the coverage on technology selection & management, supply chain management, and maintenance management.I like the way the appendices are handled at the end of the text and not scattered throughout the text. Gaither/Frazier has done a good job of integrating the quantitative methods used in POM into the regular text material rather than treating them as appendices.I am using the Gaither and Frazier textbook this semester because I was pleased to see a chapter on maintenance planning in an Operations Management book.  By having the subject included in a textbook the students see that it is now important.  I introduce engineering terminology such as MTBF, MTTR, and Availability measures.  I feel it is important because these are specs purchasing agents or sales reps will need to become familiar with.  This chapter should always be included in a course that teaches the concepts of JIT manufacturing.The strengths of Gaither and Frazier include: (1) the internet assignment, industry snapshots, and wrap-ups  are excellent bridges between theory and practice; and (2) the visual aids, such as the colors, images, and graphs, are used so nicely that really help materials flow and catch the reader's attention.