Operations management
Subtitle: a supply chain approach
By: [Derek L. Waller]
Publisher: International Thomson Business Press
Published: 1999
Place of publication: London; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 841
Subjects: Operations research; Business logistics; Industrial engineering; Industrial management
Notes: Author's name from cover

Includes bibliographical references and index
Table of contents: value: 1. Positioning operations management; value: Pt. I. Strategic decisions and operations: 2. Strategy of organizations. 3. Site selection. 4. Quality management. 5. An environmental balance; value: Pt. II. Design in operations management: 6. Design of the product. 7. Process design and the operations network. 8. Human resources in the system design; value: Part III. Planning, organizing and control: 9. Forecasting customer demand. 10. Design of the facility layout. 11. Inventory management. 12. Operations and capacity planning. 13. Material requirements planning. 14. Operations scheduling. 15. Lean production and just-in-time. 16. Purchasing and subcontracting. 17. Managing the supply chain. 18. Project management. 19. Reliability and maintenance; value: Part IV. Further analysis: 20. Statistical concepts. 21. Additional forecasting. 22. Decision making and risk analysis. 23. Statistical quality control. 24. Waiting lines. 25. Financial analysis. 26. Auditing operations; value: Part V. Appendices