Production Operations Management category: 1955 books
Successful Business Process Management
What You Need to Know to Get Results
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2014
Too few standard procedures within an organization and inefficiency will inevitably ensue. But too many, and creativity is stifled. This catch-22 is enough to make heads spin! How does one settle on the perfect mix that will streamline activities and create smooth workflows?Successful Business Process...
Kanban Made Simple
Demystifying and Applying Toyota's Legendary Manufacturing Process
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2003
Kanban Made Simple is the first simple "how-to" guide for incorporating the just-in-time ingenuity of the Kanban system into any manufacturing environment. From the Japanese word for "visual record", the technique dictates that suppliers deliver parts to the warehouse only as they...
Air Cargo Management
Air Freight and the Global Supply Chain
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2016
Air Cargo Management provides a comprehensive and lively overview of the air cargo industry, which is both economically and strategically important in the field of logistics, world trade and supply chain management.
This new edition builds on the success of the previous edition, focusing on...
by James Tallant
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: February 22, 2011
Essay from the year 2007 in the subject Business economics - Supply, Production, Logistics, grade: 94.00, University of Phoenix, course: Effective Persuasive Writing, language: English, abstract: Outsourcing jobs to foreign countries helps American businesses compete in the global economy. As the...
Food Security and Sustainability
Investment and Financing along Agro-Food Chains
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2016
This edited volume brings together contributions from experts on a range of food security issues, and examines them through a number of case studies. A Millennium Development goal and important policy concern, food security is experiencing renewed interest due to globalisation, which has led to population...
Business Process Management
Practical Guidelines to Successful Implementations
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2018
Business Process Management, a huge bestseller, has helped thousands of leaders and BPM practitioners successfully implement BPM projects, enabling them to add measurable value to their organizations. The book’s runaway success can be attributed partly to its overview of all major useful frameworks...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2011
The future of modern societies depends on their ability to deal with the challenge of climate change in the coming decades. One essential component is a better understanding of innovation processes in the energy sector. This book focuses on sustainability innovations in renewable energies, combined...
by John Manners-Bell, Thomas Cullen, Cathy Roberson
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: September 3, 2014
Emerging markets hold the key to the development of the global logistics industry over the next 20 years. Whilst developed economies struggle to come to terms with huge levels of debt, newly industrialized markets are showing strong growth prospects as manufacturers and investors look at low-cost...
Detox Fashion
Case Studies
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2017
This fourth volume on detox fashion focuses on case studies, which are essential to showcase how practical applications have been accomplished, and provide an opportunity for others to (learn about and) adopt the best practices, challenges and practical implications. The book consists of three core...
by Ahmet Ziyaettin Sahin, Tahir Ayar, Umar M. Al-Turki
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2014
This book introduces the concept of integrated planning for maintenance and production taken into account quality and safety for high global socio-economic impact. It provides insight into the planning process at a global level starting from the business level and ending with the operational level where the plan is implemented and controlled.
Industrial Management- Control and Profit
A Technical Approach
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2014
This volume presents controlling tools for management in order to be in a position to communicate with control engineers concerning technological decisions.
The main objective of manufacturing management is to make profit. However, in traditional manufacturing systems none of the separate stages...
A Business History of the Swatch Group
The Rebirth of Swiss Watchmaking and the Globalization of the Luxury Industry
Language: English
Release Date: April 8, 2014
This book offers a detailed and full analysis of the strategy which enabled the Swatch Group to establish itself on the world market. In particular, it tackles the issues of production restructuring, with the opening of subsidiaries in Asia, and the implementation of a new marketing strategy, characterized by the move towards luxury.
Outsourcing of Manufacturing Processes: Negotiating with a Single Sourcing Supplier
Outsourcing von Produktionsprozessen: Verhandlungsstrategie für Single Sourcing-Lieferanten
Language: English
Release Date: March 5, 2012
Research Paper (undergraduate) from the year 2010 in the subject Business economics - Supply, Production, Logistics, grade: 1,0, Robert Gordon University Aberdeen (Aberdeen Business School), course: Purchasing Principles and Law, language: English, abstract: Diese Arbeit betrachtet für die besondere...
Learning Factories
The Nordic Model of Manufacturing
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2017
This book examines how the norms, culture, and practices of the socio-economic Nordic model give them a competitive edge in globalized production chains. Using the Norwegian automotive industry – one of the most globalized industries in the world – as the empirical foundation of the book, it examines...