Production Operations Management category: 1955 books
Dynamics in Logistics
Third International Conference, LDIC 2012 Bremen, Germany, February/March 2012 Proceedings
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2013
The volume comprises the proceedings of the third International Conference on Dynamics in Logistics LDIC 2012. The scope of the conference targeted the identification, analysis, and description of the dynamics of logistic processes and networks. The spectrum ranged from the modeling and planning of...
by Michael E. Watson, Sara Lewis, Peter Cacioppi
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2013
Using strategic supply chain network design, companies can achieve dramatic savings from their supply chains. Now, experts at IBM and Northwestern University have brought together both the rigorous principles and the practical applications you need to master. You’ll learn how to use supply chain network...
Sustainable Supply Chains
A Research-Based Textbook on Operations and Strategy
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
This book is primarily intended to serve as a research-based textbook on sustainable supply chains for graduate programs in Business, Management, Industrial Engineering, and Industrial Ecology, but it should also be of interest for researchers in the broader sustainable supply chain space, whether...
The Management of Additive Manufacturing
Enhancing Business Value
Language: English
Release Date: December 26, 2017
This book introduces readers to additive technology and its application in different business sectors. It explores the fundamental impact additive has on technology, particularly on operations, innovation, supply chains, the environment and customer relations. Subsequently, on the basis of a broad...
by Aiden Sisko
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2015
(excerpt)If you gain a thorough understanding of the dynamics of competition in your industry, you can easily develop a custom-fit, yet highly effective business strategy by answering one simple question: Are there any obstacles stopping you from doing things, other companies cannot!If...
Lean and Cleaner Production
Applications in Prefabrication to Reduce Carbon Emissions
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2013
This book explains how in moving towards Cleaner Production, the Lean Production Philosophy can be applied to reduce carbon emissions in prefabrication - one major source of the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions which contribute to global climate change. This book examines theories and principles in...
Supply Chain Management Strategy
Using SCM to Create Greater Corporate Efficiency and Profits
Language: English
Release Date: May 26, 2014
Drive more value from your supply chain by choosing and implementing the right models and strategies. Supply Chain Management Strategy offers expert guidance for comparing and choosing models, implementing governance, and strategizing to enable sales growth, margin growth, and superior customer experience.
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Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2015
Probabilistic modeling represents a subject spanning many branches of mathematics, economics, and computer science to connect pure mathematics with applied sciences. Operational research also relies on this connection to enable the improvement of business functions and decision making. Analyzing Risk...
Lean and Technology
Working Hand in Hand to Enable and Energize Your Global Supply Chain
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2016
This is the eBook of the printed book and may not include any media, website access codes, or print supplements that may come packaged with the bound book.
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Focus Your Supply Chain Technology Investments to Reduce Risk and Maximize Competitiveness
Lean, Six Sigma, and related...
by Bo Lu, Shouyang Wang
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2016
This book helps to solve the problem of substantial waste and inefficiency in port production by analyzing operational efficiency at more than 30 Chinese and Korean leading container ports using three types of DEA model. In addition it offers a returns-to-scale analysis, which is particularly useful...
by Lucas Reijnders
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Environmentally Improved Production Processes and Products introduces students at institutes of higher education, company management, civil servants, professional designers and process engineers to the field of environmentally oriented product and process improvement. The book deals with improvements...
Build-to-Order as a Competitive Strategy to Dampen Nervousness within the Production Plan
Exemplified by the Assembly Process of Dell
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2015
Essay from the year 2014 in the subject Business economics - Supply, Production, Logistics, grade: 1,2, University of Paderborn (DSOR Lab), language: English, abstract: In times of globalization and increasing product complexity and variety due to sophisticated customer demand, new priorities for...
by Marta Ferreira
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: May 3, 2012
As a leader or manager, your job is to work with your team to meet your organization’s goals. But as you know, that’s not always as simple as it sounds. It’s very easy to be busy but never really get anything done; always rushing but never really sure how what you’re doing fits into the bigger...
Extension of Data Envelopment Analysis with Preference Information
Value Efficiency
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2015
This book provides an introduction to incorporating preference information in Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) with a special emphasis in Value Efficiency Analysis. In addition to theoretical considerations, numerous illustrative examples are included. Hence, the book can be used as a teaching text...