Authors: Andrew Greasley
ISBN-13: 9781412918831, ISBN-10: 1412918839
Format: Paperback
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Date Published: December 2007
Edition: (Non-applicable)
The Sage Course Companion on Operations Management is an accessible introduction to the subject that will help readers to extend their understanding of key concepts and enhance their thinking skills in line with course requirements. It provides support on how to revise for exams and prepare for and write assessed pieces. Readers are encouraged not only to think like an operations manager but also to think about the subject critically.
1 | Introduction | 4 |
2 | Operations strategy | 24 |
3 | Process types | 60 |
4 | Layout design | 72 |
5 | Facility design and location | 93 |
6 | Process technology | 115 |
7 | Product and service design | 135 |
8 | Process design | 160 |
9 | Job and work design | 185 |
10 | Planning and control | 212 |
11 | Capacity management | 233 |
12 | Inventory management | 272 |
13 | Lean operations and JIT | 297 |
14 | Enterprise resource planning | 318 |
15 | Supply chain management | 337 |
16 | Project management | 366 |
17 | Quality | 394 |
18 | Improvement | 431 |