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Operations management / Alex Hill & Terry Hill.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: 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.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 658.5 23
LOC classification:
  • TS155 .H462 2012
Online resources: Summary: 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.
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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.

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