Operations Management: A Supply Chain Process Approach - Hardcover

Wisner, Joel D.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1483383067 ISBN 13: 9781483383064

Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc, 2016

Synopsis

Finally, an operations management book to get excited about.

 

Operations Management: A Supply Chain Process Approach exposes students to the exciting and ever-changing world of operations management through dynamic writing, application, and cutting-edge examples that will keep students interested and instructors inspired! Author Dr. Joel Wisner understands that today’s students will be entering a highly competitive global marketplace where two things are crucial: a solid knowledge of operations management and an understanding of the importance for organizations to integrate their operations and supply chain processes. With this in mind, Wisner not only provides a clear and comprehensive introduction to operations management, but also gives attention to the important processes involved in linking firms’ operations in a supply chain environment.

About this title

About the Author

Joel D. Wisner, PhD, C.P.M., CTL is Professor of Operations and Supply Chain Management at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas. He earned his Ph.D. in Supply Chain Management from Arizona State University in 1991. He has taught the Operations Management class at UNLV for 20 years (along with Purchasing, Logistics, and Supply Chain Management classes) and has used or reviewed a large number of textbooks in these areas. He is the primary author of Principles of Supply Chain Management (a South-Western Cengage text) which is going into its 4th Edition as well as Process Management (also a South-Western Cengage text). Dr. Wisner’s research interests are in quality assessment and improvement strategies along the supply chain. His research articles have appeared in numerous journals including Journal of Business Logistics, Journal of Operations Management, Journal of Supply Chain Management, Journal of Transportation, Production and Operations Management Journal, and Quality Management Journal. In 2008 Wisner was the keynote speaker at The Operations and Supply Chain Management Practice Conference. Wisner has served on the editorial boards for Advances in Management and Operations and Supply Chain Management and was the special issue editor of Operations and Supply Chain Management.

Edition details

• Publisher: SAGE Publications, Inc
• Publication date: 2016
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1483383067
• ISBN 13: 9781483383064
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 656