Production Operations Management category: 1955 books

Managing As Mission pushes the boundaries of what it means to be a nonprofit manager by making the case that managing, as a reflection of the organizational mission – the cornerstone of any nonprofit – can bring about the change nonprofits were created to achieve: a better world for all. This...

Roland Berger Strategy Consultants and the University of St. Gallen's Chair of Logistics Management conducted this study in order to identify and assess switchpoints that will shape the future of the logistics industry. Rather than making projections focused on a fixed point in time, the authors instead...

This book is about the history of product variety in the US automotive industry from the black Ford-T to hot-rodders and easy-riders up to latest trends. It focuses on the dual structure of automotive industry in the United States: on one hand, relatively few and large companies producing cars...

This volume explores the ways in which knowledge and innovation impact business and economic sustainability, offering a wide-ranging and richly illustrated study of knowledge, innovation and sustainability of organizations from a dynamic capabilities perspective. In organizational theory, dynamic...

The book aims to collect the most recent research and best practices in the cooperative and networking small business field identifying new theoretical models and describing the relationship between cooperation and networks in the small business strategy context. It examines different concepts and...

Many companies limp along from day-to-day treating the quality side of the business as a necessary evil, and doing only what is minimally necessary for compliance to regulations. This kind of approach to compliance almost always results in inefficiencies and sometimes can result in a curious kind...

This book examines how to optimize design management processes in order to produce innovation within organizations. It first looks at how to harvest a culture of design and then examines topics specific to product and service design. Individual chapters provide anecdotes drawn from leading design-oriented...

This book provides an overview and analysis of the key publications and authors in the study of supply chain management since its inauguration in the 1980s. Reviewing 1699 published research works and case studies, it is the first to combine and analyse publication data and citations in order to assess...

To promote fast and accessible service, many organizations and businesses utilize technological or structured systems to create efficient waiting times and receptions. Managerial Approaches Toward Queuing Systems and Simulations provides emerging research on the various aspects of line management...

When you were appointed Manager or Team Leader, you would have had visions of how good that was going to be. And by now you are most probably experiencing frustration with your employees, feeling stressed most of the time, feeling overwhelmed often, all without knowing how to get better. So if you...

Are you tired of reading through reams of statistics and listening to presentation after presentation just to find the essential nuggets about business performance that will put and keep your company ahead? Do you want colleagues and employees to buy in with cooperation and supportive engagement? Do...

Diplomarbeit aus dem Jahr 2004 im Fachbereich BWL - Beschaffung, Produktion, Logistik, Note: 1,3, Hochschule Ludwigshafen am Rhein, 102 Quellen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Durch zunehmenden Wettbewerbsdruck sind Unternehmen heute stärker denn je gezwungen, ihre Wertschöpfungsketten...

Real-world supply chains and networks are inherently complex, formed by a large number of self-governing interconnected agents which dynamically update their behavior rules and connections based on context and environment changes. Oftentimes, these complex systems fail, almost inexplicably, due to...

Written specifically for the oil and gas industry, Reliable Maintenance Planning, Estimating, and Scheduling provides maintenance managers and engineers with the tools and techniques to create a manageable maintenance program that will save money and prevent costly facility shutdowns. The ABCs of...