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Handbook of procurement

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How can organisations ensure that they get best value for money in their procurement decisions? This handbook offers expert guidance on the fundamental aspects of successful procurement design and management in firms, public administrations and international institutions. Inspir…

The politics of science advice: institutional design for quality assurance

by Weingart, Peter, Lentsch, Justus

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Controversies over issues such as genetically engineered food, foot-and-mouth disease and the failure of risk models in the global financial crisis have raised concerns about the quality of expert scientific advice. The legitimacy of experts, and of the political decision-makers…

Cases in operations management

by Johnston, Robert

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This text begins with an introduction to analysing operations management cases. Each of the subsequent parts deals with a key area of operations management and begins with an expanded introduction, allowing the book to serve as a stand-alone text for introductory operations mana…

ISO 9000 quality systems handbook: Using the standards as a framework for business i…

by Hoyle, David

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Whether you are establishing a quality management system for the first time or improving your existing system, this best-selling guide to effective quality management using the ISO 9000 family of standards as a framework for business process management (BPM) and improvement is a…

European pork chains: diversity and quality challenges in consumer-orie…

by Trienekens, Jacques

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In this book the results are presented of a comprehensive inventory of pork chains that has been conducted through expert interviews and in-depth case studies. The main focus of the book is on how well diverse and fragmented supply in the European pork sector matches differentia…

Six sigma demystified

by Keller, Paul

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Learning Six Sigma can be a painless process! Six Sigma is among the most effective process methods used today - and it's also among the most baffling topics to those new to the subject. The good news is "Six Sigma DeMYSTiFieD", second edition, explains it all in a language you'…

Operations and process management: Principles and practice for strategic impact

by Slack, Nigel

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Everyone manages processes ... Everyone is an operations manager ... integrates services and manufacturing operations further than has been done before in any Operations Management textbook. This makes the book ideally suited for an MBA audience; who come from a multitude of org…

Fit sigma: a Lean approach to building sustainable quality b…

by Basu, Ron

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The book gives comprehensive insight into tools and techniques of continuous improvement in one package, providing a step-by-step guide to applying Fit Sigma2122 tools to the improvement process