Operations management
by Slack, Nigel
A long-time market leader in this discipline, Slack has set the standards in Operations Management which other textbooks seek to emulate. Expert authorship, an engaging writing style, and an interesting collection of cases combine to communicate the importance of managing operations and processes within a successful organisation.Operations Management provides a strategic perspective, whilst also examining the practical issues which organisations face on a day to day basis. It uses over 120 exam…
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- Full title :Operations management / Nigel Slack, Stuart Chambers, Robert Johnston.
Summary
A long-time market leader in this discipline, Slack has set the standards in Operations Management which other textbooks seek to emulate. Expert authorship, an engaging writing style, and an interesting collection of cases combine to communicate the importance of managing operations and processes within a successful organisation.Operations Management provides a strategic perspective, whilst also examining the practical issues which organisations face on a day to day basis. It uses over 120 examples from all over the world, reflecting the balance of economic activity between service (c.75%) and.
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- Publication Date:2010.
- Edition:6th ed
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Pearson Education
- Place of Publication:Harlow, England
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2010.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (xxv, 686 pages) : : color illustrations
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780273730477, 0273730479, 0273730460, 9780273730460, 1512941921, 9781512941920, 1282557629, 9781282557628, 9786612557620, 6612557621
- oclc:ocn651411906
- LC Classification:TS155
- Dewey Decimal:658.5
Table of Contents
Cover -- Operations management -- Brief contents -- Contents -- Guide to 'operations in practice', examples, short cases and case studies -- Making the most of this book and MyOMLab -- Preface -- To the Instructor -- To the Student -- Ten steps to getting a better grade in operations management -- About the authors -- Acknowledgements -- Part One Introduction -- Chapter 1 Operations management -- Introduction -- What is operations management? -- Operations management is important in all types of organization -- The input-transformation-output process -- The processes hierarchy -- Operations processes have different characteristics -- The activities of operations management -- Summary answers to key questions -- Case study Design house partnerships at Concept Design Services6 -- Problems and applications -- Selected further reading -- Useful web sites -- Chapter 2 Operations performance -- Introduction -- Operations performance is vital for any organization -- The quality objective -- The speed objective -- The dependability objective -- The flexibility objective -- The cost objective -- Trade-offs between performance objectives -- Summary answers to key questions -- Case study Ope…
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