Operations management / Alex Hill & Terry Hill.
Material type: TextLanguage: English Publication details: Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012.Edition: 3rd ed.Description: xxii, 778 p. : col. ill. ; 28 cm.ISBN:- 9780230362901 (pbk.)
- 0230362907 (pbk.)
- 658.5 23
- TS155 .H462 2012
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Recommended bibliography book | TBS Barcelona | TS155 HIL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | B03845 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Operations Management is an ideal text for courses requiring an in-depth yet accessible guide to operations management. This edition has been fully updated to provide coverage of service and manufacturing industries that reflects the modern business environment. Cases cover a range of global brands, ensuring students can apply theory to the real world.
New to this edition:
- New chapters on CSR, Ethics and "Analyzing the Business" -
- Increased coverage of performance measurement -
- New coverage of six sigma and Taguchi -
- New section on lean management and improving operations -
- Increased coverage of MRP -
- Chapters on time and productivity, maintenance and new technology removed -
- The preface has been overhauled with a section dedicated to the differences between Operations Management and Essentials of Operations Management -
- All the chapters have been re-worked to make the content broader and the coverage deeper. Provided by publisher.