OM / David A. Collier, James R. Evans.

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Edition:Fifth student edition.
Published: Boston, MA. : Cengage Learning, 2015
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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Goods, Services, and Operations Management
  • Operations Management
  • OM in the Workplace
  • Understanding Goods and Services
  • Customer Benefit Packages
  • Processes
  • OM: A History of Change and Challenge
  • Current Challenges in OM
  • 2. Value Chains
  • The Concept of Value
  • Value Chain Paradigms and Perspectives
  • Value Chain Decisions
  • Offshoring
  • Value Chains in a Global Business Environment
  • Sustainable Value Chains
  • 3. Measuring Performance in Operations
  • Types of Performance Measures
  • Analytics in Operations Management
  • Designing Measurement Systems in Operations
  • Models of Organizational Performance
  • 4. Operations Strategy
  • Gaining Competitive Advantage
  • Understanding Customer Wants and Needs
  • Evaluating Goods and Services
  • Competitive Priorities
  • OM and Strategic Planning
  • A Framework for Operations Strategy
  • 5. Technology and Operations Management
  • Understanding Technology in Operations
  • Technology in Value Chains
  • Benefits and Challenges of Technology
  • Technology Decisions and Implementation
  • 6. Goods and Service Design
  • Designing Goods and Services
  • Customer-Focused Design
  • Designing Manufactured Goods
  • Service-Delivery System Design
  • Service-Encounter Design
  • 7. Process, Selection, Design, and Analysis
  • Process Choice Decisions
  • The Product-Process Matrix
  • The Service-Positioning Matrix
  • Process Design
  • Process Analysis and Improvement
  • Process Design and Resource Utilization
  • 8. Facility and Work Design
  • Facility Layout
  • Designing Product Layouts
  • Designing Process Layouts
  • Workplace Design
  • 9. Supply Chain Design
  • Understanding Supply Chains
  • Designing the Supply Chain
  • Sustainable Supply Chains
  • Measuring Supply Chain Performance
  • Location Decision in Value Chains
  • Other Issues in Supply Chain Management
  • 10. Capacity Management
  • Understanding Capacity
  • Capacity Measurement in Operations
  • Long-term Capacity Strategies
  • Short-term Capacity Management
  • Theory of Constraints
  • 11. Forecasting and Demand Planning
  • Forecasting and Demand Planning
  • Basic Concepts in Forecasting
  • Statistical Forecasting Models
  • Regression as a Forecasting Approach
  • Judgmental Forecasting
  • Forecasting in Practice
  • 12. Managing Inventories
  • Understanding Inventory
  • Inventory Characteristics
  • ABC Inventory Analysis
  • Managing Fixed-Quality Inventory Systems
  • Managing Fixed-Period Inventory Systems
  • Single-Period Inventory Model
  • 13. Resource Management
  • Resource Planning Framework for Goods and Services
  • Aggregate Planning Options
  • Strategies for Aggregate Planning
  • Disaggregation in Manufacturing
  • Capacity Requirements Planning
  • 14. Operations Scheduling and Sequencing
  • Understanding Scheduling and Sequencing
  • Scheduling Applications and Approaches
  • Sequencing
  • Applications of Sequencing Rules
  • Schedule Monitoring and Control
  • 15. Quality Management
  • Understanding Quality
  • Influential Leaders in Modern Quality Management
  • The GAP Model
  • ISO 9000:2000. Six Sigma
  • Cost-of-Quality Measurement
  • The "Seven QC Tools
  • " Other Improvement Strategies
  • 16. Quality Control and SPC
  • Quality Control Systems
  • Statistical Process Control and Variation
  • Constructing Control Charts
  • Practical Issues in SPC Implementation
  • Process Capability
  • 17. Lean Operating Systems
  • Principles of Lean Operating Systems
  • Lean Tools and Approaches
  • Lean Six Sigma
  • Lean Manufacturing and Service Tours
  • Just-in-time Systems
  • 18. Project Management
  • The Scope of Project Management
  • Techniques for Planning, Scheduling and Controlling Projects
  • Time/Cost Trade-Offs
  • Uncertainty in Project Management.