Production Operations Management category: 1955 books
Quantitative Methods in Supply Chain Management
Models and Algorithms
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2011
Quantitative Methods in Supply Chain Management presents some of the most important methods and tools available for modeling and solving problems arising in the context of supply chain management. In the context of this book, “solving problems” usually means designing efficient algorithms for...
Process Mapping and Stochastic Input Modeling
For a Material-Flow Simulation Study in Technical Procurement
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2011
Bachelor Thesis from the year 2011 in the subject Business economics - Supply, Production, Logistics, grade: 1,3, Jacobs University Bremen gGmbH (School of Engineering and Science), course: International Logistics, language: English, abstract: Lufthansa Technik (LHT) is a provider of maintenance,...
by Sridhar Seshadri, Roy Vasher, Ananth V. Iyer
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2009
The Toyota Production System is the benchmark used throughout the world for “lean” thinking. Now you can model your own processes after those of the company that “wrote the book on supply chain management.”
Written by two experts on the subject, along with a former Toyota senior executive,...
Operations Rules
Delivering Customer Value through Flexible Operations
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2010
An expert offers a set of rules that will help managers achieve dramatic improvements in operations performance.
In recent years, management gurus have urged businesses to adopt such strategies as just-in-time, lean manufacturing, offshoring, and frequent deliveries to retail outlets. But today,...
Operations Management
Managing Global Supply Chains
Language: English
Release Date: November 29, 2018
Operations Management: Managing Global Supply Chains takes a holistic, integrated approach to managing operations and supply chains by exploring the strategic, tactical, and operational decisions and challenges facing organizations worldwide. Authors Ray R. Venkataraman and Jeffrey K. Pinto address...
The Definitive Guide to Warehousing
Managing the Storage and Handling of Materials and Products in the Supply Chain
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2013
This is the most authoritative and complete guide to planning, implementing, measuring, and optimizing world-class supply chain warehousing processes. Straight from the Council of Supply Chain Management Professionals (CSCMP), it explains each warehousing option, basic warehousing storage and handling...
by Alex Hill, Terry Hill
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2017
The second edition of this innovative core textbook spans the service and manufacturing sectors, equipping readers to grasp and overcome the core challenges faced in planning, designing and implementing operations. The prestigious and well-respected author team takes a ‘tasks and challenges’ approach...
by Shoshanah Cohen, Joseph Roussel
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2013
The classic guide to supply chain strategy--re-created to help business leaders gain an advantage in today's volatile, globalized arena
The definitive guide to supply chains that deliver value
The global landscape has changed dramatically since the first edition of Strategic Supply Chain Management...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 9, 2017
This book focuses on the management of ship operations, an activity that requires integrative knowledge and technical expertise that spans various disciplines. As such, ship operations personnel are expected to be well-versed with aspects of management, economics, engineering, technology and law....
Motives of Manufacturing Outsourcing in Discrete Manufacturing Industries
From the Perspective of Indian Industries
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2015
Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2015 in the subject Business economics - Supply, Production, Logistics, , language: English, abstract: Competitive organizations forced to design their supply chain strategies in line with endless customer demand like service speed, faster delivery and low...
by T. C. Edwin Cheng, Jian Li, C. L. Johnny Wan
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 10, 2010
Postponement strategy is one of the major supply chain management (SCM) pr- tices that has a discernible impact on rms’ competitive advantage and organi- tional performance. Postponement is a mass customization strategy that captures the advantages of both mass production and mass customization....
Sustainable Fashion Supply Chain Management
From Sourcing to Retailing
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2015
This handbook is a compilation of comprehensive reference sources that provide state-of-the-art findings on both theoretical and applied research on sustainable fashion supply chain management. It contains three parts, organized under the headings of “Reviews and Discussions,” “Analytical Research,”...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2019
The global supply chain creates environmental and social burdens during different stages of production and distribution. Ethical and sustainable practices along the supply chain seek to minimize these burdens and ensure fair labor practices, lower emissions, and a cleaner environment. Ethical and...
Global Franchising Operations Management
Cases in International and Emerging Markets Operations
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2012
Franchising now represents more than 10% of the US economy and 50% of US retail sales, and this winning business model is now showing exceptional promise outside the US as well. Both franchisors and franchisees are beginning to discover immense opportunities to extend operations or build new franchises...