About the book

Created after exhaustive research into students’ workflows and preferences, OM6 from 4LTR Press combines an easy-reference, paperback textbook at an affordable price. Extensively revised and reorganized, OM6 content includes a new integrative case that moves from chapter to chapter, with a total of 35 related questions; a new treatment of value chain networks; greater emphasis on supply chain design; an all-new chapter devoted to supply chain management and logistics; and many new feature boxes and cases.

Contents:

1. Operations Management and Value Chains.

2. Measuring Performance in Operations and Value Chains.

3. Operations Strategy.

4. Technology and Operations Management.

5. Goods and Service Design.

6. Supply Chain Design.

7. Process, Selection, Design, and Analysis.

8. Facility and Work Design.

9. Forecasting and Demand Planning.

10. Capacity Management.

11. Managing Inventories in Supply Chains.

12. Supply Chain Management and Logistics.

13. Resource Management.

14. Operations Scheduling and Sequencing.

15. Quality Management.

16. Quality Control and SPC.

17. Lean Operating Systems.

18. Project Management.