Production Operations Management category: 1955 books
Kaizen: How to use Kaizen for Increased Profitability and Organizational Excellence.
Business Process Management and Continuous Improvement Executive Guide series, #6
Language: English
Release Date: April 3, 2017
Kaizen principles have been viewed as one of the key factors to Japanese competitiveness.
Kaizen techniques became famous when Toyota used them to rise to world's automotive leadership. The company is credited as pioneer to formalize Kaizen technique and implement it as part of a global business...
Social and Environmental Dimensions of Organizations and Supply Chains
Tradeoffs and Synergies
Language: English
Release Date: July 13, 2017
This book focuses on environmental and social factors in international supply chains and industry networks. It explores whether socially-responsible and environmentally-conscious operations are complementary or conflictive to economic targets. The book elaborates on innovative approaches to manage...
by Lim Joo Seng
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: April 11, 2017
This book is presented in the way a training is being conducted, and focus on common project management principles and elements that can be found in successful project delivery. It able audience who is not a professional project manager to learn the fundamentals of project management. The audience...
9th WCEAM Research Papers
Volume 1 Proceedings of 2014 World Congress on Engineering Asset Management
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2015
Engineering asset management encompasses all types of engineered assets including built environment, infrastructure, plant, equipment, hardware systems and components. Following the release of ISO 5500x set of standards, the 9th WCEAM addresses the hugely important issue of what constitutes the body...
Operational Logistics
The Art and Science of Sustaining Military Operations
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Operational Logistics: The Art and Science of Sustaining Military Operations explores military logistics in terms of the theoretical foundations of operational logistics (OpLog) and its applications. The theoretical foundations are examined with regard to two dimensions. First, the artistic or qualitative...
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Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 12, 2015
Supply Chain Management (SCM) has always been an important aspect of an enterprise’s business model and an effective supply chain network is essential to remaining competitive in a global environment. By properly managing the flow of goods and services, businesses can operate more efficiently while...
New Directions in Supply-Chain Management
Technology, Strategy, and Implementation
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2002
Technology has introduced dramatic new efficiencies to supply chain design, management, and control--but only to those who can open their minds to these new methods and strategies. This book presents innovative articles from eighteen of today's top young Ph.D. scholars, each based on discussions at...
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Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2016
The scope of this book is limited to heuristics, metaheuristics, and approximate methods and algorithms as applied to planning and scheduling problems. While it is not possible to give a comprehensive treatment of this topic in one book, the aim of this work is to provide the reader with a diverse...
The Supply Chain Management Casebook
Comprehensive Coverage and Best Practices in SCM
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2013
30 up-to-date case studies illuminate every aspect of modern supply chain management • Risk management, analytics, global supply chain issues, and much more • Innovative processes, technologies, strategies, and tactics • An indispensable resource for both students and practitioners This...
by A. (Ton) G. de Kok, Vincent C. S. Wiers
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2017
Commercial advanced planning and scheduling (APS) systems have been around for about 25 years and have seen widespread adoption in a variety of companies. The promises made by APS system implementations are high, and at the same time, APS projects are complex, costly, and carry a significant risk...
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Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2012
As time and distance become conquerable in a global economy, understanding the future of supply chain management is the process of understanding how the world interacts. Innovations in Logistics and Supply Chain Management Technologies for Dynamic Economies disseminates supply chain management and...
Planning and Scheduling for Maritime Container Yards
Supporting and Facilitating the Global Supply Network
Language: English
Release Date: April 7, 2015
Maximizing reader insights into the challenges facing maritime supply chains and container port logistics service providers in Asia, this book highlights their innovative responses to these challenges through real-world case studies.
With a focus on mathematical modeling, simulation and heuristics...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2014
Although the area of International Manufacturing Network (IMN) and International Operations Network (ION) has received considerable attention in the literature, most of studies appear multifaceted and interdisciplinary, and thereby require thorough investigation from both academic and practical perspectives,...
Psychology and Modern Warfare
Idea Management in Conflict and Competition
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2013
Throughout history, both military and commercial entities around the world have utilized these methods, and even since the formalization of psychological operations during WW2 our methods have improved greatly, but we are still only touching the 'tip of the iceberg', so to speak, of what is truly possible.