Operations Management For Dummies
A plain-English guide to improving business operations and increasing efficiencyOperations management is a critical skill for all current and aspiring business leaders. Now,Operations Management For Dummiestakes the guesswork out of this often-intimidating subject. Whether you are a professional just promoted into your first operations management job who needs to learn operations fast or your aim is to score your highest in an undergraduate or MBA operations management class, the plain-English, step-by-step information inOperations Management For Dummiesgives you the critical toolkit for operations success.Operations Management 101— find out how to represent processes in a diagram and get the lowdown on the operations management vocabulary used to measure those processesIt's a risky business— discover the risks that may threaten your operations, from determining how much demand there will be for your product or service to making forecasts of future demandPut the "I" in improvement— get the scoop on continuous improvement — a concept that relates to building and sustaining effective and profitable organizationsMake things happen— take an in-depth look at project management as it relates to operations management to better understand the life cycle of projects (and why many projects fail)Go global— explore how companies decide what parts or services to outsource and when and where to outsource themSucceed in startups— learn how to successfully cope with the special operations challenge of startup growthOpen the book and find:How to design a process to meet organizational goalsBasic process flow termsThe scoop on demand forecasting, capacity planning, and inventory managementThe basics behind aggregate planningTips to design and manage your supply chainHow to scale operations as a product travels through the normal life cycle curveWays to estimate a project's timing and costLearn to:Make sense of complex topicsUnderstand key concepts in operations managementScore your highest in your operations management course