Operations Management - Hardcover

Heizer, Jay; Render, Barry

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0131554441 ISBN 13: 9780131554443

Publisher: Pearson College Div, 2005

Synopsis

For the core course in Operations Management. Operations Management 8th edition delivers the best problems in the industry (ie. examples, solved problems, and homework problems). This comprehensive version features 17 core chapters and 6 quantitative modules. A briefer version is also available called Principles of Operations Management, 6e.

About this title

From the Back Cover

Key Benefit: This concise introduction to operations management, presents a state-of-the art view of the primary activities within the operations function of organizations. Presented in a realistic, global, and existing environment to help readers understand and conceptualize the critical role of operations and the decisions it entails. Key Topics: A strategic focus shows how managers achieve strategies of differentiation, low cost, and response. Numerous corporate examples, along with new tables, figures, and cases are utilized throughout the book. Describes how to achieve global product design, process designs, make location decisions, and deal with foreign cultures and ethics. Further, this edition stresses the service aspects of operations, and regularly notes the distinction between service and manufacturing in operations management.

Edition details

• Publisher: Pearson College Div
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0131554441
• ISBN 13: 9780131554443
• Binding: Hardcover
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 784