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Operations and Supply Chain Management: The Core

ISBN10: 1266014101 | ISBN13: 9781266014109

Operations and Supply Chain Management: The Core
ISBN10: 1266014101
ISBN13: 9781266014109
By F. Robert Jacobs and Richard Chase

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Operations and Supply Chain Management: The Core takes students to the heart of business, focusing on essential tools and concepts that ensure smooth operations across supply chains. With a streamlined approach, this book delivers the critical knowledge every manager needs to organize work processes, improve productivity, and drive business success. Engaging real-world case studies, analytics exercises, and practice problems provide students with practical skills to manage both everyday tasks and strategic operations in any industry. This title equips future business leaders with the insights and tools necessary for a productive and efficient career in operations and supply chain management.

1.  Introduction to OSCM
2.  Strategy and Sustainability
3.  Forecasting
4.  Strategic Capacity Management
4a. Learning Curves
5.  Projects
6.  Manufacturing Processes
6a. Break-Even Analysis
7.  Service Processes
8.  Sales and Operations Planning
9.  Material Requirements Planning
10. Quality Management and Six Sigma
11. Inventory Management
12. Lean Supply Chains 13. Global Sourcing and Procurement
14. Location, Logistics, and Distribution

APPENDICES
A. Linear Programming Using the Excel Solver
B. Answers to Selected Objective Questions
C. Present Value Table
D. Negative Exponential Distribution: Values of e−X
E. Areas of the Cumulative Standard Normal Distribution


About the Author

F. Robert Jacobs

F. Robert Jacobs is Chase Faculty Fellow Professor of Operations Management at the Kelley School of Business, Indiana University. He received a B.S. in Industrial Engineering as well as Computer and Information Science, an MBA, and a Ph.D. in Operations Management all from The Ohio State University. 

Richard Chase

Richard B. Chase is Director of the Center for Operations Management Research and Education at USC. He is widely published in both books and academic journals and is considered one of the top service "gurus" in the field. He is on the Editorial Advisory Board of the Journal of Operations Management, an Advisor to Production and Operations Management journal, and a Fellow of the Decision Sciences Institute.

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