Production & Operations Management

This book considers offshore client/supplier relationships' biggest challenges, including the protection of intellectual property, and managing knowledge transfer and offshore outsourcing at project level. Based on over 150 interviews and case studies,...

This dictionary is testimony to the dynamic nature of the transportation and logistics field. The field continues to grow and evolve into an increasing myriad of orientations. This work stems back to the middle 1970s with the first edition by Wallace I...

This text provides a general introduction to purchasing and supply - a key part of industrial/commercial management. It includes chapters on quality assurance, buying abroad, construction contracts, supplying merchandise for resale, supplying the public...

This textbook provides a comprehensive modeling, reformulation and optimization approach for solving production planning and supply chain planning problems, covering topics from a basic introduction to planning systems, mixed integer programming (MIP)...

Successfully managed product information for mass customization avoids disclosure of how these systems work. This is the first book to provide a holistic recognition of the essential aspects of an IT-supported product configuration system. It reveals the...

Real problems are formulated into tractable mathematical models, which allow for an analysis of various approaches. Attention is focused on solutions. Provides a unified treatment of the models discussed , presents a critique of the existing results, and...

The competence-based perspective on strategy and management emerged in the 1990s as a new approach to developing strategy and management theory and practice. In the past decade, the focus on organizational competences - and the resources, capabilities,...

Achieving operative excellence is an important endeavour for all companies - it is the golden path that leads to increased value over the long term. Through this book you too can achieve operations excellence within your own company.Book InformationISBN...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780473611149Author Christine W K YipFormat PaperbackPage Count 226Imprint C Why International LtdPublisher C Why International LtdWeight(grams) 268g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780306432897Author Glenn E. SchweitzerFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Kluwer Academic/Plenum PublishersPublisher Springer Science+Business...

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Using empirical data from the supply chain of aerospace, beverages and retail this text develops an original framework, the 'cascade effect', to explain changes in industrial concentration. This provides an original insight into the determinants of...

In today's global economy, operations strategy in supply chains must assume an ever-expanding and strategic role of risks. These operational and strategic facets entail a brand new set of operational problems and risks that have not always been...

Business-Driven Research & Development demonstrates how science and technology can be managed in order to meet well defined business directives. The book argues that it should be a fundamental business premise that the primary role of research and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780593853870Author Gero LesonFormat PaperbackPage Count 360Imprint PortfolioPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 369g

This book articulates a new theory that shows that hierarchical decision making can in fact lead to a near optimization of system goals. The material in the book cuts across disciplines. It will appeal to graduate students and researchers in applied...

This book explores the lives, inventions, discoveries, and significant work of three extraordinary European inventors with noteworthy links to the great Thomas Alva Edison - Alessandro Volta, Nikola Tesla, and Eric Tigerstedt. It explores the business...

Benchmarking is a powerful tool for improvement. It is one of the fastest-growing techniques for quality and performance improvement and attracts massive attention. Now, more than ever, there is a clear need for straightforward guidelines to help...

Decisions about Re-engineering is more analytical and thought provoking than most books on the topic of Business Process Re-engineering. It raises the key issues calling for decisions, delineates the options and trade-off factors that typically arise,...

The control of manufacturing operations is of crucial importance in industry. The correct regulation of manufacturing activities makes the difference between meeting and missing customer requirements. Nowadays computerised solutions are available as an...

For over a decade, there has been an increasing interest in the use of supply chain methods to improve performance across the entire business enterprise. Numerous industries have recognized the importance of efficient supply chain integration, and, as a...

Successful management of radical innovation is key to growth. This text identifies best practice cases illustrating processes, methods and organizational structures that enhance successful management with radical innovations. Practice cases are framed in...

This book has been written to provide both students and industrial man agers with a comprehensive description of the tools and techniques of Quality Management and also to provide a framework for understanding Quality Development. Central to the theme of...

Quality is the major topic in international industry today and its importance should increase in the 1990s. This book presents a step-by-step approach for implementing a quality improvement process in any type of organization. "Making Quality...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780965466592Author Gregory HutchinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 182Imprint Cerm Academy Series on Enterprise Risk Management(Publisher Cerm Academy Series on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780987191717Author Monique BeedlesFormat PaperbackPage Count 218Imprint Teak Yew Pty LtdPublisher Teak Yew Pty LtdWeight(grams) 299g

Society, in its quest for order in an inherently chaotic natural setting, tends to think about technological innovation much too narrowly. Innovation is necessary for economic growth, yet this narrow attitude limits its possibilities and focuses on...

This new classic is an examination of how to refigure project management to be more efficient and effective, particularly in terms of leadership. Using a case study approach, the author, Alex Laufer presents a specific set of guidelines on how to improve...

The rapid advancement of technology and of Internet commerce in a globalized market has brought change at an unprecedented rate. Credit institutions, manufacturing, merchandising and service companies are finding that their traditional methods and tools...

This is a carefully developed work focused on the analysis of supply chain interaction issues in emerging markets and industry sectors. It is a leading-edge handbook that will emphasize areas of study where, thus far, little work has been done and where...

Store Location and Store Assessment Research Edited by R. L. Davies University of Newcastle, UK and D. S. Rogers D. S. R. Marketing Systems Inc., Illinois, USA An invaluable book to students and practitioners in marketing and retailing. This book looks...

This book defines the parameters of the emerging business strategy of mass customization, covering the main categories in a systematic examination of: manufacturing systems and mass customization; supply chain management and mass customization; and...

Open Systems for Europe AD. Elliman, C. Sanger Open Systems for Europe combines two important and topical themes. First, Open Systems - the development of vendor-independent means to link and interwork with applications across a range of different...

This handbook provides a guide to sources of grant funds for research or other activities in the USA. Describing information sources and detailing the main grant-making sectors in government, private organizations, and business and industry, it outlines...

Ian Maxwell applies decades of research and application to present a novel approach to innovation, with an emphasis on sustainable and renewable practices that benefit many, and not just a handful of executives and shareholders. Featuring examples from a...

No longer restricted to the engineering industry, project management has at long last crossed over to mainstream business. Project Management for Business Professionals is the definitive reference on the essentials of contemporary project management...

The New Public Management paradigm seems to have produced a convergence of administrative reform. However, specific implementations of NPM show range of forms and results including performance indicators, personal reforms and evaluations of reforms. This...

One of the first widely available resources on the subject of adaptive enterprise. The text takes on a new and burgeoning field of study and development and provides the opportunity to help shape and guide the thinking of decision makers in the world of...

This book delves deep into the application of corporate social responsibility, surfacing an uncomfortable reality. Honest intent without managerial skill results in CSR paucity. Studying insider trading, private healthcare and investment banking...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780792390657Author John E. EttlieFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint SpringerPublisher SpringerWeight(grams) 1220g