Ajay Das

An Introduction to Operations Management (eBook, PDF)

The Joy of Operations

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Students of introductory operations management courses will love this practical textbook. It features limited statistics and mathematics in favor of hands-on games, exercises, and plenty of real-world examples to help students gain a chronological view of operations management, and how it relates to the strategic goals of the firm.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 670
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781317503309
• Artikelnr.: 44477604

Autorenporträt

Ajay Das is a Professor in the Operations Management group at the Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College, New York, USA. He has hands-on industry experience in operations and supply chain management and has published extensively in top-tier scholarly and professional journals including the Journal of Operations Management and the International Journal of Operations and Production Management.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface: How will this book help you? Introduction 1. Operations Management
and You 1.1 What, exactly, is Operations? 1.2 Why is Operations management
important? 1.3 How is it done? 1.4 Was it done right? 1.5 Current trends in
operations management 1.6 How to read the book Part I: Designing Products
and Processes 2. Product Design 2.1 What is product design? 2.2 Why is it
important? 2.3 How is it done? 2.4 Have we done a good job? 2.5 Current
trends in design 2.6 Conclusion 3. Process and Service Design 3.1 What is
process design? 3.2 What is service design? 3.3 How is it done? 3.4 Trends
in Process and Service Design 3.5 Conclusion Part II: Managing Processes
4. Managing Processes 4.1 What is process management? 4.2 Why is process
management important? 4.3 How are processes managed? 4.4 Was it done right?
4.5 Current trends in managing processes 4.6 Conclusion Part III:
Improving Process Performance 5. Forecasting 5.1 What is business
forecasting? 5.2 Why is forecasting important? 5.3 How to make forecasting
decisions? 5.4 Was it done right? 5.5 Current trends in forecasting 5.6
Conclusion 6. Capacity Planning 6.1 What is capacity planning? 6.2 Why is
capacity planning important? 6.3 How is capacity planning done? 6.4 Was it
done right? 6.5 Current trends in capacity planning 6.6 In Conclusion 7.
Managing Capacity 7.1 What is capacity management? 7.2 Why is capacity
management important? 7.3 How is capacity managed? 7.4 Was it done right?
7.5 Current trends in capacity planning 7.6 Conclusion 8. Managing
Inventory 8.1 What is inventory management? 8.2 Why is managing inventory
important? 8.3 How can we manage inventory? 8.4 Was it done right? 8.5
Current trends in managing inventory 8.6 In Conclusion Appendix: Managing
Inventory 9. Managing Quality 9.1 What is quality? 9.2 Why is it important?
9.3 How is it done? 9.4 Was it done right? 9.5 Current trends in quality
management 9.6 In Conclusion 10. Supply Chain Design 10.1 What is supply
chain design? 10.2 Why is it important? 10.3 How is it designed? 10.4 Was
it done right? 10.5 Current trends in supply chain design 10.6 Conclusion
11. Managing Supply Chains 11.1 What is supply chain management? 11.2 Why
is it important? 11.3 How is it done? 11.4 Was it done right? 11.5 Current
Trends in supply chain management 11.6 In Conclusion Part IV: Finding the
Right Location 12. Managing Location Decisions 12.1 What is location? 12.2
Why is location important? 12.3 How to make location decisions? 12.4 Was it
done right? 12.5 Current trends in location 12.6 Conclusion Part VI:
Working with Projects 13. Managing Projects 13.1 What is project
management? 13.2 Why is it important? 13.3 How is it done? 13.4 Was it done
right? 13.5 Current trends in project management 13.6 In Conclusion