TY - BOOK AU - Meredith,Jack R. AU - Shafer,Scott M. TI - Operations management for MBAs SN - 0471000604 (pbk. : alk. paper) AV - TS155 .M393 2002 U1 - 658.5 PY - 2002/// CY - New York, NY PB - Wiley KW - Production management N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; TOC; The Nature of Operations -- Operations -- The Experience Economy -- Operation Activities -- Two Views of Organizations -- Business Strategy and Global Competitiveness -- Strategy Formulation -- Focus -- Strategic Frameworks -- Global Competitiveness -- Cost and the Role of Productivity -- Responsiveness: Customization, Response Time, and Quality -- Quality Management -- Quality Management Perspectives -- Process Capability -- Statistical Quality Control -- Product/Service Design -- Three Stages in Output Selection and Design -- The Selection Stage -- The Product/Service Design Stage -- Commercialization -- Disruptive Technologies -- Transformation System Design -- Forms of Transformation Systems -- Selection of a Transformation System -- New Transformation Technologies and Reengineering -- Capacity and Location Planning -- Forecasting Purposes and Methods -- Long-term Capacity/Location Planning -- Short-term Capacity Planning -- Schedule Management -- The Sequence of Scheduling Activities -- Aggregate Planning -- Master Scheduling -- Scheduling Services -- Supply Chain Management -- Defining Supply Chain Management -- Strategic Advantages of Supply Chain Management -- Supply Chain Elements -- Role of Information Technology -- Chapter 8 Supplement: The Beer Game -- Inventory Management -- Priorities for Inventory Management: The ABC Concept -- The Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) -- Material Requirements Planning -- MRP for Dependent Demand -- MRP Extensions -- Just-in-Time Systems -- History and Philosophy of Just-in-Time; BA UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/wiley036/2001026753.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/wiley021/2001026753.html UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0630/2001026753-b.html UR - https://www.worldcat.org/title/operations-management-for-mbas/oclc/47092027&referer=brief_results ER -