Description
For the core course in Operations Management.
Operations Management Flexible Edition 8th edition delivers the best problems in the
industry (ie. examples, solved problems, and homework problems). This innovative package
consists of a core textbook, a Student Lecture Guide (for note-taking in class), and a
student CD-ROM all packaged together. The Flexible Version contains all the contents and
features of their best-selling hardcover text, but packages them in a new, less-expensive,
flexible format.
The hardcover version (OM 7e) features 17 core chapters and 6 quantitative modules. A
briefer version is also available called Principles of Operations Management, 6e.
Table of Contents
PART I INTRODUCTION
1. Operations and Productivity
2. Operations Strategy in a Global Environment
3. Project Management
4. Forecasting
PART II DESIGNING OPERATIONS
5. Design of Goods and Services
6. Managing Quality
6S.Statistical Process Control
7. Process Strategy
7S.Capacity Planning
8. Location Strategies
9. Layout Strategy
10. Human Resources and Job Design
10S.Work Measurement
PART III MANAGING OPERATIONS
11. Supply-Chain Management
11S.E-Commerce and Operations Management
12. Inventory Management
13. Aggregate Planning
14. Material Requirements Planning (MRP) and ERP
15. Short-Term Scheduling
16. Just-in-Time and Lean Production Systems
17. Maintenance and Reliability
PART IV QUANTITATIVE MODULES
A. Decision-Making Tools
B. Linear Programming
C. Transportation Models
D. Waiting-Line Models
E. Learning Curves
F. Simulation
Workbook+Student Guide+CD
