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Operations and Supply Chain Management

2024 Release

by William J. Stevenson, Thomas J. Kull

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Higher Education

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Book Details

Print ISBN9781265322342
eText ISBN9781260718447
PublisherMcGraw-Hill Higher Education
Publishing Year2021
LanguageEnglish

Operations and Supply Chain Management: 2024 Release is a textbook that presents core operational strategies and supply chain management practices. The text establishes fundamental frameworks for analyzing, planning, and directing productive systems across product and service environments.

Major subject areas encompass operational competitiveness, forecasting, process selection, and quality management. The text also explores inventory control, lean operations, and supply chain coordination, emphasizing structured analysis and practical decision models.

A flexible modular structure allows the volume to support diverse course levels, ranging from undergraduate study to executive education. To encourage engagement with key concepts, "OM is Personal" chapter openers introduce operational topics through a holistic, real-world perspective.

Table of Contents

  1. Chapter 1: Introduction to Operations Management

  2. Chapter 2: Competitiveness, Strategy, and Productivity

  3. Chapter 3: Forecasting

  4. Chapter 4: Product and Service Design Supplement to 4: Reliability

  5. Chapter 5: Strategic Capacity Planning for Products and Services - Supplement to 5: Decision Theory

  6. Chapter 6: Process Selection and Facility Layout

  7. Chapter 7: Work Design and Measurement - Supplement to 7: Learning Curves

  8. Chapter 8: Location Planning and Analysis

  9. Chapter 9: Management of Quality

  10. Chapter 10: Quality Control

  11. Chapter 11: Aggregate Planning and Master Scheduling

  12. Chapter 12: Inventory Management

  13. Chapter 13: MRP and ERP

  14. Chapter 14: JIT and Lean Operations - Supplement to 14: Maintenance

  15. Chapter 15: Supply Chain Management

  16. Chapter 16: Scheduling

  17. Chapter 17: Project Management

  18. Chapter 18: Management of Waiting Lines

  19. Chapter 19: Linear Programming

  20. Chapter Appendix: A: Answers to Selected Problems

  21. Chapter Appendix: B: Tables

  22. Chapter Appendix C: Working with the Normal Distribution

  23. Chapter Appendix D: Ten Things to Remember Beyond the Final Exam

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