Overview

Jacobs and Chase continue to lead the field of Operations Management with cutting edge up-to- date content, technology, and motivation. Now, in this First Edition Jacobs and Chase focus on the core concepts of operations and supply management. This condensed text was constructed with the four essential core areas of process, quality, inventory, and supply chain management in mind, as decided by a panel of OM instructor's at the Decision Science Institute meeting, and after conducting a survey of content coverage in representative universities. The new Core text provides increased emphasis on supply management concepts along with a focused presentation of the core OM concepts.

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Author:   F. Robert Jacobs ,  Richard Chase
Publisher:   McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Imprint:   McGraw-Hill Professional
Dimensions:   Width: 20.30cm , Height: 2.10cm , Length: 26.20cm
Weight:   1.003kg
ISBN:  

9780073294735

ISBN 10:   007329473
Publication Date:   16 December 2006
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Replaced By:   9780073403335
Format:   Mixed media product
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Section I - Strategy Chapter 1: Operations and Supply Strategy Chapter 2: Project Management Section II - Processes Chapter 3: Strategic Capacity Management Chapter 4: Manufacturing Processes Chapter 5: Service Processes Chapter 6: Six-Sigma Quality Section III - Supply Chain Chapter 7: Strategic Sourcing Chapter 8: Logistics Chapter 9: Lean Manufacturing Section IV - Inventory Chapter 10: Forecasting Chapter 11: Aggregate Sales and Operations Planning Chapter 12: Inventory Management Chapter 13: Material Requirements Planning Appendix A - Answers to Select Problems Appendix B - Learning Curve Tables B.1 - Table of Unit Values B.2 - Table of Cumulative Values Appendix C - Present Value Table Appendix D - Negative Exponential Distribution: Values of -x Appendix E - Areas of the Cumulative Standard Normal Distribution

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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 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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