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Synopsis
Uses primarily service examples instead of manufacturing.
* Contains realistic problems that real managers would encounter.
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Take a strategic approach to OM!
Revised and updated, OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT FOR MBAs, 2/E guides you through all the basics of operations management—from the balanced scorecard and cote competency, to mass customization, benchmarking, business process design, and neterprise resource planning (ERP).
Meredith and Shafer takes a strategic, conceptual view of OM, emphasizing the critical role OM plays in all career paths. The text's clear and concise overview of key concepts makes it the perfect complement to cases and readings on OM.
Key features
- The material is conceptual and strategic in nature, making it more relevant and interesting to experienced students, while giving a comprehensive review of the subject to new students.
- Added a new chapter with in-depth information on the strategic aspects of Supply Chain Management.
- Added an extensive discussion and description of Goldratt's concept of the Critical Chain.
- A supplemental section on The Beer Game, used in many MBA classes, has been included.
- Quantitative material is presented only when it provides a better understanding of key concepts.
About the Author
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.
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- PublisherWiley
- Publication date2001
- ISBN 10 0471000604
- ISBN 13 9780471000600
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number2
- Number of pages420
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