Stevenson, William J.

Operations management / William J. Stevenson. - Tenth edition. - Boston : McGraw-Hill/Irwin, 2009. - xxxii, 906 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cm. - The McGraw-Hill/Irwin series operations and decision sciences .

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

pt. 1 introduction to operations management -- competitiveness, strategy, and productivity -- pt. 2 forecasting -- forecasting -- pt. 3 system design -- product and service design -- strategic capacity planning for products and services -- process selection and facility layout -- design of work systems -- location planning and analysis -- pt. 4 quality -- management of quality -- quality control -- pt. 5 supply chain management -- supply chain management -- pt. 6 inventory management and scheduling -- inventory management -- aggregate planning -- mrp and erp -- lean operations

The Tenth Edition of Operations Management features the latest concepts and applications while preserving the core concepts that have made the text a market leader. Stevenson's careful explanations and approachable format supports students in understanding the important operations management concepts as well as applying tools and methods. By providing detailed examples, solved problems, questions, and cases, students learn by doing, and the Tenth Edition continues to offer more support for 'doing Operations' than any other.

9780073377841 0073377848

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Production management

TS155 / .S7824 2009