Production Operations Management category: 1955 books
by Marek Bugdol, Piotr Jedynak
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2014
Examining the challenges of integrated management, this book explores the importance and potential benefits of using an integrated approach as a cross-functional concept of management. It covers not only standardized management systems (e.g. International Organization for Standardization), but also...
by Carmine Bianchi
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 2, 2016
This book explores how to design and implement planning & control (P&C) systems that can help organizations to manage their growth and restructuring processes in a sustainability perspective. The book is not designed to enable the reader to become an experienced system dynamics modeler; rather,...
Engineering Asset Management 2016
Proceedings of the 11th World Congress on Engineering Asset Management
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017
These proceedings gather selected peer-reviewed papers from the 11th World Congress on Engineering Asset Management (WCEAM), which was held in Jiuzhaigou, China, on 25–28 July, 2016.
These proceedings cover a wide range of topics in engineering asset management, including:
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by Yoshiteru Minagawa
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2018
This book identifies accounting-based management control system practices for managing integrated and flexible supply chains and increasing customer satisfaction. It further explores how a company can enhance its supply chain integration. The book considers the effects of allocating supply chain's...
by Instaread
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2015
PLEASE NOTE: This is a companion to Jim Collins’s Good to Great and NOT the original book.
Preview:
What does it take to make something—an activity, a work of art, a company—great? What are the factors that distinguish the merely good from the truly great? In Good to Great: Why...
by Asian Development Bank
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
Project economic analysis is a tool used by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) to ensure that ADB operations comply with its Charter. The guidelines in this publication are a revised version of the 1997 edition. The revision responds to the changing development context and ADB operational priorities,...
Cost-Benefit Analysis for Development
A Practical Guide
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2013
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has been continuously undertaking measures to enhance the effectiveness of its operations. To improve projects both at the preparation and implementation stages, ADB issued the Guidelines for Economic Analysis of Projects in 1997 as a means to enhancing project quality...
A Brazilian Dairy Cooperative
Transaction Cost Approach in a Supply Chain
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2013
This case study examines unique supply chain challenges faced by a Brazilian dairy cooperative based on values of self-help, self-responsibility, democracy, equality, equity, and solidarity. It maps the co-op’s supply chain, identifies its primary members, introduces a transaction cost strategy for...
by Alton Ford
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: March 8, 2017
Are you desirous of developing project management skills that will ultimately enhance your managerial abilities and skills or you just want to have this knowledge to help you handle and manage your day to day managerial activities and inputs? The ability to manage projects effectively and successfully...
Analysis Without Paralysis
12 Tools to Make Better Strategic Decisions
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2012
Since the publication of the original edition, the importance of interpreting business data has become mission critical for professionals in all types of businesses. These professionals have discovered the benefits of business analysis to address their organizations most crucial strategic and tactical...
by Chuck Munson
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2013
This new case study examines how leading engineering firm Chennai Engineering Ltd. is seeking to drive value by transitioning to cloud-based IT services internally and across its supplier network. It reviews key characteristics of cloud computing infrastructure, discusses challenges in measuring cloud...
Next Level Supply Management Excellence
Your Straight to the Bottom Line Roadmap
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2011
In this sequel to the best-selling book, Straight to the Bottom Line, the authors and their panel of distinguished contributors outline the critical success factors for leading your company to the next level in procurement practices and performance and provide a proven transformation model to improve...
Managing Global Supply and Risk
Best Practices, Concepts, and Strategies
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2009
Due to the profound growth in international trade, the need to pursue global supply and institute risk management practices has never been greater. The globalization of world markets has reconfigured supply networks, causing increasing complexities and challenges in sourcing and risk management. Managing...
Redefining Operational Excellence
New Strategies for Maximixing Perforamnce and Profits Across the Organization
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2014
When will companies learn? You cannot fire and budget-slice your way to sustainable growth. Our world is too complex, too interconnected, and technology too quick-evolving for organizations to achieve dramatic results simply by eliminating waste and increasing standardization. Maybe these methods...