OM5 (with CourseMate, 1 term (6 months) Printed Access Card) (New, Engaging Titles from 4LTR Press) - Softcover

Collier, David A.; Evans, James R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1285451376 ISBN 13: 9781285451374

Publisher: Cengage Learning, 2014

Synopsis

Created through a "student-tested, faculty-approved" review process with input from more than 150 students and faculty, Collier/Evans' OM5 provides a streamlined introduction to the core concepts, techniques, and applications of contemporary operations management. This concise, engaging, and accessible text includes a full suite of integrated learning tools--including flashcards, cases, datasets, games, and quizzes--in a convenient and affordable package perfect for today's diverse learners. OM5 provides the latest examples featuring companies students will recognize from the news as well as videos for every chapter, case studies and end-of-chapter problems with exciting new material online. Five additional chapters online enable readers to delve further into the quantitative aspects of operations management.

About this title

About the Author:

David A. Collier is the Alico Chair of Operations Management in the Lutgert College of Business at Florida Gulf Coast University. He holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, an M.B.A. from the University of Kentucky, and a Ph.D. in Production and Operations Management from The Ohio State University. Dr. Collier has authored five books on service and operations management and is the recipient of numerous awards for outstanding journal articles. He has also written and published eight invited book chapters, has seen seven of his cases reprinted in major marketing and operations management textbooks, and has more than 80 referenced publications. A 2004 citation review found that more than 250 journal articles have referenced Dr. Collier's research. Dr. Collier served on the 1991 and 1992 Board of Examiners for the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award, and he has worked with organizations such as AT&T, J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, Child Health Corporation of America, Emery Worldwide, Motorola, John Glenn Institute at The Ohio State University, and the United States Postal Service. He served as faculty leader for a Six Sigma Black Belt Blended (Clicks and Bricks) Executive Program at the Fisher College of Business and has taught in the Executive M.B.A. program at the University of Warwick in England and several other international programs. His current research interest is sports analytics.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cengage Learning
• Publication date: 2014
• ISBN 10: 1285451376
• ISBN 13: 9781285451374
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 5
• Number of pages: 432