Jack R. Meredith, Scott M. Shafer

Operations Management for MBAs

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

What every MBA needs to know about OM
Operations is one of the most important factors in whether an organization survives in the international marketplace. While not everyone will be solving quantitative operations problems, every manager will confront important operations issues that will have a critical impact on the success of their organizations.
Revised to reflect the growing importance of soft and hard technologies, as well as the rise of service organizations and the global economy, this Third Edition of Jack Meredith and Scott Shafer's Operations Management for MBAs focuses on what MBAs need to know about operations in their careers. This includes:
Six sigma improvement projects
Project management
Enterprise resource planning
Lean management
Outsourcing and offshoring
Supply chain management
Process design and planning
Emphasizing the strategic role of these operations topics, the authors keep the needs of marketing, finance and other majors in mind, and show how a basic understanding of operations is important to all career paths. The text's clear and concise overview of key concepts makes it the perfect complement to cases and readings on OM.
New Features of the Third Edition
New chapter on Six Sigma.
Expanded coverage of ERP, lean manufacturing, and outsourcing.
A stronger emphasis on the strategic role of operations topics, including more strategic examples and expanded material in Chapter 2: Strategy, Operations, and Global Competitiveness.
New appendix on Crystal Ball with two solved example problems.
More service examples throughout the text.
New international examples, as well as many revised problems and cases with an international focus.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 3. Auflage
• Seitenzahl: 460
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 255mm x 204mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 714g
• ISBN-13: 9780471351429
• ISBN-10: 0471351423
• Artikelnr.: 21461666

Autorenporträt

Jack Meredith is currently Professor of Management & Broyhill Distinguished Scholar & Chair in Operations at the Graduate School of Management at Wake Forest University. Dr. Meredith's research has focused on the strategic and operational problems that managers face, particularly those concerning the management of advanced technology. He received his BS and BSME at Oregon State University and his MBA and PhD at the University of California at Berkeley. Dr. Meredith has written eight books on operations management, project management and management science, including "Project Management" and "Operations Management for MBAs." He serves as outgoing editor in chief of the Journal of Operations Management. He received the school's inaugural Cowan Research Prize in 2002, the Academy of Management's 2003 Distinguished OM Scholar Award, and was inducted into the Oregon State University Engineering Hall of Fame in 2004.

Inhaltsangabe

Chapter 1. The Nature of Operations.
Chapter 2. Strategy, Operations, and Global Competitiveness.
Chapter 3. Process Planning and Design.
Chapter 4. Six Sigma for Process and Quality Improvement.
Chapter 5. Capacity and Location Planning.
Chapter 6. Schedule Management.
Chapter 7. Supply Chain Management.
Chapter 7 Supplement: The Beer Game.
Chapter 8. Inventory Management.
Chapter 9. Enterprise Resource Planning.
Chapter 10. Lean Management.
Chapter 11. Project Management.
Appendix A: Area Under the Normal Distribution.
Appendix B: Risk Analysis Using Crystal Ball 2000.
Index .