Fundamentals of Operations Management – Mark M. Davis, Nicholas J. Aquilano, Richard B. Chase – 4th Edition

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“Fundamentals of Operations Management, 4/e introduces students to the fundamental processes of managing and controlling a variety of operations. Davis’s book addresses the growing trend away from long, quantitative texts toward more complex management problems. pragmatists facing today’s operations managers.

It is written in a style suitable for laymen who do not assume prior experience in the trading field. Davis introductory and numerical examples and quantitative methods, but the main focus is on concepts and covers general applications. Unlike Stevenson, who focuses on operations management tools, Davis’ approach to the subject is more conceptual or managerial.”

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  • 1 Introduction to Operations Management
    2 Operations Strategy: Defining How Firms Compete
    3 New Product and Service Development, and Process Selection
    S3 Project Management
    4 The Role of Technology in Operations
    5 Process Measurement and Analysis
    S5 Financial Analysis in Operations Management
    6 Quality Management
    S6 Quality Control Tools for Improving Processes
    7 Facility Decisions: Location and Capacity
    8 Facility Decisions: Layouts
    9 Forecasting
    10 Human Resource Issues in Operations Management
    S10 Work Performance Measurement
    11 Waiting Line Management
    S11 Waiting Line Theory
    12 Scheduling
    13 Supply Chain Management
    14 Just-in-Time Systems
    15 Aggregate Planning
    16 Inventory Systems for Independent Demand
    17 Inventory Systems for Dependent Demand

    Appendixes
    Photo Credits
    Name Index
    Subject Index
  • Citation

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